Webb v. Persyn’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A judgment or a determination of fact or law in a proceeding in a lower trial court is not res judicata and is not a basis for estoppel by judgment in a proceeding in a district court, except that a judgment rendered in a lower trial court is binding on the parties thereto as to recovery or denial of recovery. (b) This section does not apply to a judgment in probate, guardianship, mental health, or other matter in which a lower trial court has exclusive subject matter ju risdiction on a basis other than the amount in controversy. (c) For the purposes of this section, a "lower trial court” is a small claims court, a justice of the peace court, a county court, or a statutory county court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. · Jones III v. Sheehan Young & Culp Pc

2. “A judgment or a determination of fact or law in a proceeding in small claims court or justice of the peace court is not res judicata and does not constitute a basis for estoppel by judgment in a proceeding in a county court or statutory county court, except that the judgment rendered is binding on the parties thereto as to recovery or denial of recovery.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Houtex Ready Mix Concrete & Materials v. Eagle Construction & Environmental Services, L.P. · Wren v. Gusnowski