101 N.C. App. 557 - Chaplain v. Chaplain’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
July 2004
most recently cited
6 state decisions
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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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The provision requiring service of materials before a hearing for summary judgment is not inviolable. Unserved materials are receivable within the court's discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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