In Re JR’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) preclusion is asserted against one who was a party or in privity with a party in the earlier action; (2) the issue was resolved by a final judgment on the merits; (3) the issue is the same as the one raised in the later action; (4) there was a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue in the earlier action; and (5) applying preclusion in the later action is fair.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Pollander

2. “[t]he State must prove by clear and convincing evidence that there has been a material change in circumstances and that the best interest[s] of the child[ren] require[] termination of parental rights and responsibilities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DC

3. “The State may do so by establishing any combination of statutory factors, including abandonment, abuse, or lack of parental care or subsistence necessary for the child's well-being.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Ml