176 N.C. App. 547 - Doyle v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) The issues to be concluded must be the same as those involved in the prior action; (2) in the prior action, the issues must have been raised and actually litigated; (3) the issues must have been material and relevant to the disposition of the prior action; and (4) the determination made of those issues in the prior action must have been necessary and essential to the resulting judgment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Realty World Professionals, Inc. v. Tillery Tradition, Inc. · Dawkins v. Wilmington Trust Co.

2. “renders [court's] findings of fact binding on the subsequent child custody proceeding regarding those events”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 N.C. App. 755 - Reynolds v. Riggs

3. “The issues resolved in the prior action may be either factual issues or legal issues.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dawkins v. Wilmington Trust Co.