291 Ga. App. 399 - Ruth v. Herrmann’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Butler v. Turner · 228 Ga. App. 516 - Lipton v. Warner, Mayoue & Bates, P.C. · 275 Ga. App. 295 - Seay v. Roberts · 180 Ga. App. 581 - May v. May · 288 Ga. App. 708 - City of Demorest v. Roberts & Dunahoo Properties, LLC
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, precludes the re-litigation of an issue that was previously litigated and decided on the merits in another action between the same parties or their privies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“require identity of the claim-so long as the issue was determined in the previous action and there is identity of the parties, that issue may not be re-litigated, even as part of a different claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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