Bifulk v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1990
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Youngstown Mines Corp. v. Prout · Hauser v. Mealey · McMenomy v. Ryden · Margo-Kraft Distributors, Inc. v. Minneapolis Gas Co. · Shimp Ex Rel. Shimp v. Sederstrom
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judgment on the merits constitutes an absolute bar to a second suit for the same cause of action and is conclusive between parties and privies, not only as to every matter which was actually litigated, but also as to every matter which might have been litigated therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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