Cain v. Jacox

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that courts applying res judicata \must be mindful of the equitable purposes animating the doctrine\
• holding that res judicata must be applied in a flexible and common-sense way, not in a manner that is \a rigid and technical\
• explaining that courts considering the application of other equitable doctrines such as res judicata should employ \a flexible and common-sense construction in order to vindicate its fundamental goals which are embedded in the requirements of justice and sound public policy\
• when applying 17 res judicata court must \consider the substance of both the first and subsequent action and not merely their procedural form\
• \The doctrine of res judicata . . . demands that a party not be vexed with litigation twice on the same cause.\
• exercising plenary review over an issue of res judicata

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).