Bain v. Hofmann’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bull v. Pinkham Engineering Assocs., Inc. · In Re Central Vermont Public Service Corporation · Berlin Convalescent Center, Inc. v. Stoneman · Lamb v. Geovjian · Faulkner v. Caledonia County Fair Ass'n
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bars the litigation of a claim or defense if there exists a final judgment in former litigation in which the parties, subject matter and causes of action are identical or substantially identical.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“should have been litigated in the prior proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.