Ortiz v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “four prerequisites for application of the res judicata exception are: (1) parties must be identical in both suits, or in privity; (2) prior judgment must have been rendered by the court of competent jurisdiction; (3) there must be final judgment on the merits; and (4) same claim or cause of action must be involved in both cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 907 So. 2d 782 - Glass v. Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation

2. “in a contest concerning the res judicata effect of a community property partition judgment, the res judicata effect, or the authority of the thing adjudged, takes place only with respect to what was the object of the judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bruno v. Bruno