Patton v. Klein’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 14 district · 13 state decisions

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

1. “(1) whether the claim was adjudicated finally in the first action; (2) whether the present claim is the same as the claim which was raised or which might have been raised in the prior proceeding; and (3) whether the party against whom the plea is asserted was a party or in privity with a party in the prior case.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davenport v. Djourabchi · 892 F. Supp. 2d 209 - McIntyre v. Fulwood

2. “[u]nder the doctrine of res judicata , 'a final judgment on the merits of a claim [including an arbitration award] bars relitigation in a subsequent proceeding of the same claim [including any claim arising out of a common nucleus of facts that could have been litigated in that proceeding] between the same parties or their privies.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ludwig & Robinson, PLLC v. BiotechPharma, LLC · Brenda Zanders v. Richard Baker & Brenda Zanders v. Gordon Thomas

3. “renders conclusive in the same or a subsequent action determination of an issue of fact or law when (1) the issue is actually litigated and (2) determined by a valid, final judgment on the merits; (3) after a full and fair opportunity for litigation by the parties or their privies; (4) under circumstances where the determination was essential to the judgment, and not merely dictum”) (citations omitted). 5 . The majority agreed that the 1994 award”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cathedral Avenue Cooperative, Inc. v. Carter