Hill v. Carroll County’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[ Clauses of action are the same if they arise from the same “transaction”; whether they are products of the same “transaction” is to be determined by “giving weight to such considerations as whether the facts are related in time, space, origin, or motivation[;] whether they form a convenient trial unit[;] and whether their treatment as a unit conforms to the parties’ expectations or business understanding or usage.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fason v. Trussell Enterprises, Inc. · 37 So. 3d 695 - Beene v. FERGUSON AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

2. “(1) identity of the subject matter of the action; (2) identity of the cause of action; (3) identity of the parties to the cause of action; and (4) identity of the quality or character of a person against whom the claim is made.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burnette Avakian v. Wilmington Trust, National Association · Curtis Ray McCarty, Jr. v. Arthur Wood, III

3. “[O]nce the four identities of res judicata have been established, any claims that could have been brought in the prior action are barred.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burnette Avakian v. Wilmington Trust, National Association · Curtis Ray McCarty, Jr. v. Arthur Wood, III