McDowell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'a conventional application of the doctrine of res judicata.' The rule against claim splitting provides that 'all claims arising out of a single transaction must be brought in a single suit, and those that are not become extinguished by the judgment in the suit in which some of the claims were brought.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robertson v. American Mechanical, Inc. · Beegan v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

2. “the relevant inquiry is not whether the two claims are grounded in different theories, but whether they arise out of the same transaction or core set of facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robertson v. American Mechanical, Inc.

3. “a conventional application of the doctrine of res judicata.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robertson v. American Mechanical, Inc.