State v. Magoon

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[t]he [preclusion] doctrine ... is a rule of fundamental and substantial justice[and] of public policy” (citation omitted)
• stating that a review of the entire record on appeal from land court decision was appropriate because “[t]o determine otherwise would unduly restrict the appellate court’s authority of review to the four corners of the decree and thus lead to absurd and unjust results”
• stating that a review of the entire record on appeal from land court decision was appropriate because \[t]o determine otherwise would unduly restrict the appellate court's authority of review to the four corners of the decree and thus lead to absurd and unjust results\
• recognizing the need to conserve scarce judicial resources
• explaining purposes of the doctrine of res judicata
• explaining purposes of the doctrine of res judicata

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).