Smith v. Jenkins

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that, where appellant raised the same sequence of events in a subsequent suit, the factual nuclei were “related in time, space, origin, and motivation”
• barring two limited partners from bringing action for misrepresentation against former general partner because same claims had been previously litigated on behalf of partnership by another general partner
• “Smith’s nonparticipation in that suit does not negate the fact that he was in privity with parties who actually represented his interests.... ”
• same; in addition, finding privity based on at least partial control over any decision to appeal
• “[I]ssue preclusion operates to bar relitigation of identical issues actually decided between the parties or their privies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

63 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smalls, Eugene C. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 2006-12-19· cited 321×
• John Stanton v. District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  D.C. Circuit· 1997-12-03· cited 268×
• Washington Medical Center, Inc. v. Holle
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-05-03· cited 95×
• Larry Harmon v. Ben Gordon
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-03-21· cited 74×
• Oubre v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-08-26· cited 61×
• Patton v. Klein
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-05-20· cited 54×
• Carr v. Rose
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-10-09· cited 44×
• Faulkner v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-12-30· cited 41×
• Davis v. Davis
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-08-07· cited 40×
• Molovinsky v. Monterey Cooperative, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-01-30· cited 34×
• Gilles v. Ware
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-10-06· cited 33×
• Modiri v. 1342 Restaurant Group, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-08-10· cited 30×
• Shin v. Portals Confederation Corp.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-04-22· cited 27×
• Kauffman v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-06-12· cited 26×
• Major v. Inner City Property Management, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-01-30· cited 24×
• Maxson v. Travis County Rent Account
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-11-18· cited 21×
• Herrion v. Children'S Hospital Natl. Medical Center
  District of Columbia· 2011-05-24· cited 21×
• Newell v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-11-24· cited 21×
• Jones v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-12-29· cited 19×
• Century International Arms, Ltd. v. Federal State Unitary Enterprise State Corp. 'Rosvoorouzhenie'
  District of Columbia· 2001-10-22· cited 18×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 4,229×
• Montana v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-02-22· cited 3,633×
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 2,250×
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-19· cited 2,097×
• Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1955-06-06· cited 1,049×
• Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1929-06-03· cited 885×
• Agarwal v. Johnson
  California Supreme Court· 1979-12-07· cited 357×
• Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering and MacHine Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-06-21· cited 332×
• Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Schendel
  Supreme Court· 1926-04-12· cited 285×
• Cobb v. Standard Drug Co., Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-11-10· cited 201×
• Souffront v. La Compagnie Des Sucreries De Porto Rico
  Supreme Court· 1910-05-16· cited 150×
• Schnell v. Peter Eckrich & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 146×
• Jackson v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-11-13· cited 146×
• Jefferson School of Social Science v. Subversive Activities Control Board
  D.C. Circuit· 1963-12-17· cited 59×
• William Thomas Roach v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, a Labor Organization, Alfred D. Russom v. Teamsters Local Union No. 688, a Labor Organization
  Eighth Circuit· 1979-04-26· cited 58×
• Henderson v. Snider Bros., Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-12-16· cited 50×
• Smith v. Jenkins
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-10-13· cited 41×
• Clark v. Taylor
  Second Circuit· 1947-10-15· cited 39×
• Parker v. Stein
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-05-12· cited 31×
• Jonathan Woodner Co. v. Adams
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-10-28· cited 22×