Cameron v. Cameron’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
79 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently September 2021 · most notably McDowell v. Blythe Bros. Co. (1952), Clark v. Craven Regional Medical Authority (1990)
79 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 Byers v. . Byers · Dwiggins v. Parkway Bus Co. · Taylor v. . Taylor · Brooks v. . Brooks · Pharr v. . Pharr
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * the pendency of the prior action abates the subsequent action when, and only when, these two conditions concur: (1) The plaintiff in the second action can obtain the same relief by a counterclaim or cross demand in the prior action pending against him; and (2) a judgment on the merits in favor of the opposing party in the prior action will operate as a bar to the plaintiff’s prosecution of the subsequent action.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'the two actions present a substantial identity as to parties, subject matter, issues involved, and relief demanded[.]'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““The pendency of a prior action between the same parties for the same cause in a State court of competent jurisdiction works in abatement of a subsequent action either in the same court or in another court of the State having like jurisdiction.” Cameron v. Cameron, 235 N.C. 82 , 68 S.E.2d 796, 798 , 31 A.L.R.2d 436 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Davies v. Russell
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.