5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 54 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 Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. Anchor | green | “precludes a party from relitigating an issue actually decided in a prior case and necessary to the judgment.” | 18 |
| 2 | Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. | green | “prevents parties from raising issues that could have been raised and decided in a prior action-even if they were not actually litigated.” | 16 |
| 3 | Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. | green | “claim preclusion prevents parties from raising issues that could have been raised and decided in a prior action-even if they were not actually litigated.” | 12 |
| 4 | Yankton Sioux Tribe v. United States Department of Health & Human Services | green | “arises out of the same nucleus of operative facts as the prior claim.” | 5 |
| 5 | James Pogue v. Principal Life Ins. Co. | green | “essentially, parties get one chance to litigate an issue of fact or law.” | 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.