Ex Parte Ueno’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 204th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Ashe v. Swenson · United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co. · Serfass v. United States · Illinois v. Vitale · New Jersey v. New York
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘Collateral estoppel’ is an awkward phrase, but it stands for an extremely important principle in our adversary system of justice. It means simply that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex Parte Necessary
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.