North Carolina Co v. Story’s Empirical Analysis
268 U.S. 288 · 1925
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2020 · most notably Munaf v. Geren (2008), Wallis v. Justice Oaks II, Ltd. (1990)
57 federal appellate · 23 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 Missouri Pac Co v. Ault · Forgay v. Conrad · Taubel-Scott-Kitzmiller Co. v. Fox · Norton v. Larney · Meccano, Ltd. v. John Wanamaker
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By the ordinary practice in equity as administered in England and this country, an appellate court has the power on appeal from a temporary or interlocutory order or decree to examine the merits of the case if sufficiently shown by the pleadings and the record and upon deciding them in favor of the defendant to dismiss the bill and save both parties the needless expense of further prosecution of the suit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is well settled that the principle of res judicata is only applicable to the point adjudged and not to points only collaterally under consideration, or incidentally under cognizance or only to be inferred by arguing from the decree. Hopkins v. Lee, 6 Wheat. 109, 114 ; Norton v. Larney, 266 U.S. 511, 517 . The reasoning and opinion of the court are not res judicata unless the subject-matter in issue be definitely disposed of by the decree.””
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.