Scott v. Nance’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently May 2020
15 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Chandler v. Dunlop · McDaniel v. North Carolina Pulp Co. · Norwood, Adm'r v. Buffey · Merchant's Administrator v. Shry · Haynes v. Peterson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The first motion for judgment in this case was an abortive proceeding; but it is clear that it was, nevertheless, an action as defined by Rule of Court 3:3: ‘(a) Commencement of Action. An action shall be commenced by filing in the clerk’s office a motion for judgment and by paying the required writ tax and deposit against costs, The action is then instituted and pending as to all parties defendant thereto.’ “We hold that the motion for judgment filed by J. C. Nance, administrator of the estate of Melvin R. Hamlett, on December 23, 1958, and dismissed without determining the merits of the motion, was such an action as tolled the statute of limitations under the provisions of Code § 8-634____””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o action or suit on any claim or demand shall be instituted against a prisoner after judgment of conviction and while he is incarcerated, except through his committee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.