Johns v. Welker’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[D]espite our belief that ... the 'prior pending action' doctrine [does not] mandate dismissal of the [superior court] action, there is a clear interrelationship between the two cases, such that the equitable distribution portion of the [district court] domestic relations case should be resolved prior to the determination of the [superior court] case. For that reason, we further conclude that the [superior court] case should be held 'in abeyance pending resolution of the' [district court] domestic relations case, and the results of that equitable distribution case taken into consideration in the resolution of the [superior court] case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 603 - Baldelli v. Baldelli

2. “[t]he doctrine of prior pending action as articulated by this Court would not deprive the trial court of jurisdiction[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re E.J.B.

3. “in order to avoid unresolvable conflicts [.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re E.J.B.