Torres v. Rebarchak’s Empirical Analysis
814 F.2d 1219 · 1987
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently May 2020 · most notably Lovelace v. Dall (1987), 189 Ill. App. 3d 638 - Best Coin-Op, Inc. v. Paul F. Ilg Supply Co. (1989)
27 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Civil Rights Act of 1866) · 42 U.S.C. § 3604 (§ 804 of the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII, Civil Rights Act of 1968))
Relies on Allen v. McCurry · Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For the doctrine of res judicata to apply, the following three requirements must be satisfied: 23 (1) there was a final judgment on the merits rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, (2) there is an identity of cause[s] of action, and (3) there is an identity of parties or their privies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) an identity of parties or their privies in the two suits; (2) an identity of causes of action in the earlier and later suit; and (3) a final judgment on the merits in the earlier suit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“applies even if the dismissal was the result of a settlement or compromise between the parties”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.