39 Va. App. 13 - Neff v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 2014
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rosenberg v. United States · Bates v. Devers · Berry v. Louisiana · Turner v. Commonwealth · 7 Va. App. 614 - Com., Dept. of Social Services v. Johnson
Most-quoted passages
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“precludes relitigation of a claim or issue once a final determination on the merits has been reached by a court of competent jurisdiction. It rests upon the principle that a person should not be required to relitigate the same matter a second time “with the same person or another so identified in interest with such person that he represents the same legal right, precisely the same question, particular controversy, or issue, which has been necessarily tried and fully determined, upon the merits, by a court of competent jurisdiction....””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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