McNergney v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The doctrine of res judicata does not rest upon the fact that a particular proposition has been affirmed and denied in the pleadings, but upon the fact that it has been fully and fairly investigated and tried' — that the parties have had an adequate opportunity to say and prove all that they can in relation to it, . . .” (p. 936.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wharton v. Zenger

2. “. “Upon a plea of former adjudication a matter will be held res judicata, although not raised as an issue by the pleadings in the former action, if from the record it appears that it formed one of the premises upon which the judgment necessarily rested.” (Syl. ¶[ 2.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wharton v. Zenger