Slater v. Blackwood

How courts have described this case

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

• “Even where there are multiple legal theories upon which recovery might be predicated, one injury gives rise to only one claim for relief.”
• cast doubt on the finality of any judgment dependent upon a then valid substantive defense later held to be unavailable
• “the ‘cause of action’ is based upon the harm suffered, as opposed to the particular theory asserted by the litigant”
• plaintiff's right to be free from injury to her person involved one primary right
• “[T]he invasion of one primary right gives rise to a single cause of action.”
• explaining California’s claim preclusion doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).