Proctor v. LeClaire’s Empirical Analysis
715 F.3d 402 · 2013
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Allen v. McCurry · Hewitt v. Helms · Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Moitie · Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · Nevada v. United States
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the identical issue was raised in a previous proceeding; (2) the issue was actually litigated and decided in the previous proceeding; (3) the party had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue; and (4) the resolution of the issue was necessary to support a valid and final judgment on the merits.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[t]he burden of showing that the issues are identical and were necessarily decided in the prior action rests with the party seeking to apply issue preclusion .... In contrast, the burden of showing that the prior action did not afford a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issues rests with the party opposing the application of issue preclusion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“conform[ ] to the parties' expectations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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