Robison v. Sidebotham’s Empirical Analysis
243 F.2d 16 · 1957
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cromwell v. County of Sac · Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · Chicago Ry Co v. Schendel Same · 29 Cal. 2d 423 - Loring v. Town of Kingsley · Schlyen v. Schlyen
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Because there must be an end to litigation, the legal principle of res judicata is a salutary one and should be freely applied,' says the successful litigant. " 'Yes, but ', replies his adversary, 'yes, but Our case is different. As to Us, res judicata should not be invoked because,' etc.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jackson v. Hayakawa
How this case has been treated — in progress
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