Bowen v. Murphrey’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A final judgment, which adjudicates upon the merits the issues raised by the pleadings, ‘estops the parties and their privies as to all issuable matters contained in the pleadings, including all material and relevant matters within the scope of the pleadings, which the parties, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, could and should have brought forward.’ Bruton v. Light Co., 217 N.C. 1 , 7, 6 S.E. 2d 822 , and cases cited; King v. Neese, 233 N.C. 132, 136 , 63 S.E. 2d 123 , and cases cited; Hayes v. Ricard, 251 N.C. 485, 494 , 112 S.E. 2d 123 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 21 N.C. App. 424 - Young v. Young