Stephens v. Jessup’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.3d 941 · 2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · Smith v. Barry · Parkhill v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance · Davis v. Perryman · Craven v. Fulton Sanitation Service, Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bars a claim in a second suit when five elements are satisfied: (1) the first suit resulted in a final judgment on the merits; (2) the first suit was based upon proper jurisdiction; (3) the first suit was fully contested in good faith; (4) both suits involve the same claim or cause of action; and (5) both suits involve the same parties or their privities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stanley v. Finnegan
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.