Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. Henry · Rose v. Jacobs · Ted Saum & Company v. Swaffar · Smith v. Smith · Thomas v. McCullum
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The true reason for holding an issue res judicata is not necessarily for the identity or privity of the parties, but the policy of the law to end litigation by preventing a party who has had one fair trial of a question of fact from again drawing it into controversy.... Further, res judicata is applicable not only to an issue actually litigated, but also governs as to matters within the issue that might have been litigated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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