103 N.C. App. 790 - Ray v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 85 N.C. App. 669 - Harris v. NCNB National Bank of North Carolina · 33 N.C. App. 750 - Acker v. Barnes · Acker v. Barnes · 89 N.C. App. 351 - Moore v. Moore · 43 N.C. App. 397 - Matter of Custody of Rooker
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any parent, relative, or other person, agency, organization or institution claiming the right to custody of a minor child may institute an action or proceeding for the custody of such child, as hereinafter provided. Unless a contrary intent is clear, the word “custody” shall be deemed to include custody or visitation or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Petersen v. Rogers
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.