State v. Magoon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is a bar to a new action in any court between the same parties or their privies concerning the same subject matter, and precludes the relitigation, not only of the [claims that] were actually litigated in the first action, but also of all grounds of claim [and defense that] might have been properly litigated in the first action but were not litigated or decided.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Higa · Fuller v. Pacific Medical Collections, Inc.

2. “In deciding whether res judicata applies, three questions must be answered in the affirmative: “First, was the issue decided in the prior adjudication identical with the one presented in the action in question? Second, was there a final judgment on the merits? And third, was the party against whom the plea of res judicata is asserted a party or in privity with a party to the prior adjudication?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aloha Unlimited, Inc. v. Coughlin

3. “reliev[ing] parties of the cost and vexation of multiple lawsuits”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Tax Appeal of Priceline.com, Inc. v. Director of Taxation.