11 North Carolina opinions name it 1 courts 2018–2025 6 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by North Carolina courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Weatherford v. Keenangreen2 sentences2021Ct. Oct. 9, 2018) (“[A] constructive trust is not a standalone claim for relief or cause of action.”) (citing Weatherford v. Keenan, 128 N.C. 2021Ct. Oct. 9, 2018) (“[A] constructive trust is not a standalone claim for relief or cause of action.” (citing Weatherford v. Keenan, 128 N.C. | 6 | 6 |
Shope v. Boyergreen2 sentences2025To the extent that Plaintiffs’ cause of action is instead an attempt to assert a claim for civil conspiracy, as their briefing suggests, that too is not a standalone claim and “does nothing more than associate the defendants together and perhaps liberalize the rules of evidence to the extent that under proper circumstances the acts and conduct of one might be admissible against all.” Shope v. Boyer, 268 N.C. 401, 405 (1966) (citation omitted); New Restoration & Recovery Servs., LLC v. Dragonfly Pond Works, LLC, 2023 NCBC LEXIS 80 , at *23 (N.C. 2019App. at 83, 661 S.E.2d at 922 (internal quotation marks omitted), and an “overt act” in furtherance of the conspiracy’s objective, Shope, 268 N.C. at 405 , 150 S.E.2d at 774 (quotation marks omitted), the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ tortious interference claim against Cone Health “does not bar [Cone Health] from liability for damages resulting from the [acts] of other conspirator[s]”—the Individual Defendants and the PLLC Defendants, Chisum v. MacDonald, 2018 NCBC LEXIS 34 , at *32 (N.C. | 2 | 2 |
Collier v. Bryantgreen1 sentence2025See, e.g., Collier v. Bryant, 216 N.C. | 1 | 1 |
USA Trouser v. Williamsgreen1 sentence2022A claim for civil conspiracy is not a standalone claim and therefore “must be based on an adequately pled underlying claim.” USA Trouser, S.A. de C.V. v. Williams, 258 N.C. | 1 | 1 |
Krawiec v. Manlygreen1 sentence2022App. 192, 201 (2018); see Krawiec, 370 N.C. at 615 (dismissing civil conspiracy claim where the underlying claims were dismissed). 64. | 1 | 1 |
Sellers v. Mortongreen1 sentence2019App. at 83, 661 S.E.2d at 922 (internal quotation marks omitted), and an “overt act” in furtherance of the conspiracy’s objective, Shope, 268 N.C. at 405 , 150 S.E.2d at 774 (quotation marks omitted), the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ tortious interference claim against Cone Health “does not bar [Cone Health] from liability for damages resulting from the [acts] of other conspirator[s]”—the Individual Defendants and the PLLC Defendants, Chisum v. MacDonald, 2018 NCBC LEXIS 34 , at *32 (N.C. | 1 | 1 |
Carcano v. JBSS, LLCgreen1 sentence2019See Carcano v. JBSS, LLC, 200 N.C. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in North Carolina. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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