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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Samara v. Matar.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samara v. Matar Anchor | green | “(1) after final adjudication (2) of an identical issue (3) actually litigated and necessarily decided in the first suit and (4) asserted against one who was a party in the first suit or one in privity with that party.” | 5 |
| 2 | Donkin v. Donkin | green | “if a beneficiary contests or seeks to impair or invalidate the trust instrument or its provisions, the beneficiary will be disinherited and thus may not take the gift or devise provided under the instrument.” | 4 |
| 3 | Sosinsky v. Grant | green | “may take judicial notice only of the fact that the prior court made the findings in question, not of the truth of those facts.” | 3 |
| 4 | Donkin v. Donkin | green | “added an additional layer of litigation to probate matters, which undermined the goal of a no contest clause in reducing litigation by beneficiaries.” | 3 |
| 5 | Urick v. Urick | green | “clearly contrary to the legislature's intent.” | 3 |
| 6 | Urick v. Urick | green | “general rules of the code of civil procedure do not apply when the probate code provides special rules.” | 3 |
| 7 | Urick v. Urick | green | “petition was consistent with the interests of dana as a beneficiary, not with her fiduciary duties as a trustee to the beneficiaries.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.