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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 43 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 Nevada v. United States.

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1 Nevada v. United States Anchor
scotus · 1983
green “it is a finality as to the claim or demand in controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered …” 16
2 Commissioner v. Sunnen
scotus · 1948
green “judgment puts an end to the cause of action, which cannot again be brought into litigation between the parties upon any ground whatever.” 13
3 Nevada v. United States
scotus · 1983
green “not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose.” 10
4 Lambert BRZOSTOWSKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LAIDLAW WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
ca7 · 1995
green “bars not only those issues which were actually decided in a prior suit, but also all issues which could have been raised in that action.” 4

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