Gregory v. Chehi’s Empirical Analysis
843 F.2d 111 · 1988
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 29 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 218 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2024 · most notably 189 Wis. 2d 541 - Northern States Power Co. v. Bugher (1995), Dici v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1996)
50 federal appellate · 29 district · 6 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. § 1988
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Kentucky v. Graham · Allen v. McCurry · Elrod v. Burns · Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
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 218 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bars relitigation only of an issue identical to that adjudicated in the prior ac-tion_ In issue preclusion cases ... the earlier judgment forecloses only a matter actually litigated and essential to the decision. The first judgment does not prevent re-examination of issues that might have been, but were not, litigated in the earlier action ...”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the identical issue was decided in a prior adjudication; (2) there was a final judgment on the merits; (3) the party against whom the bar is asserted was a party or in privity with a party to the prior adjudication; and (4) the party against whom it is asserted has had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue in question [in the prior matter].”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[t]he two actions must share an identity of the (1) thing sued on; (2) cause of action; (3) persons and parties to the action; and (4) quality or capacity of the parties suing or sued.”
4 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.