Griffin v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Nagler v. Admiral Corp. (1957), 132 W. Va. 814 - Hannah v. Beasley (1949)
4 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People ex rel. Chilcoat v. Harrison · Gimbert v. Norfolk Southern Railroad · Cain v. Union Central Life Insurance · Miller v. Miller · Wright v. Wright
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The doctrine of res judicata may be said to inhere in the legal systems of all civilized nations as an obvious rule of expediency, justice, and public tranquility. Public policy and the interest of litigants alike require that there be an end to litigation which, without the doctrine of res judicata, would be endless. The doctrine of res judicata rests upon the ground that the party ... has litigated or had an opportunity to litigate the same matter in a former action in a court of competent jurisdiction and should not be permitted to litigate it again to the harassment and vexation of his opponent. The doctrine of res judicata not only puts an end to strife but produces certainty as to individual rights and gives dignity and respect to judicial proceedings ....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"`When the second suit is between the same parties as the first, and on the same cause of action, the judgment in the former is conclusive of the latter not only as to every question which was decided, but also as to every other matter which the parties might have litigated and had determined, within the issues as they were made or tendered by the pleadings or as incident to or essentially connected with the subject matter of the litigation, whether the same, as a matter of fact, were or were not considered. As to such matters a new suit on the same cause of action cannot be maintained between the same parties.' 4 A.L.R. 1174 , note. A general demurrer which denies the right of the plaintiff to recover on the cause of action alleged, which is sustained, is a decision on the merits. * * *" (Accent added.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A decision of an issue of law on a demurrer is a decision on the merits and constitutes res adjudicata as to any other proceedings when the same parties and the same issues are involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.