105 N.C. App. 247 - Sonek v. Sonek’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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

1. “The practicing professional brings an earning capacity to the practice comprised of skill and education. The goodwill, comprised of such things as location, referrals, associations, reputation, trade name and office organization, can directly supplement this earning capacity. When the practicing professional dies, retires or moves he takes his skill and education with him, but the goodwill factors must be transferred or otherwise left behind. The salaried professional also brings an earning capacity comprised of skill and education to the position. However, when the salaried professional leaves a position he takes everything with him to the new position. There is nothing that increased his earning capacity in the old position that cannot be taken to the new position.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gilman v. Hohman

2. “[a]ny direct or indirect contribution made by one spouse to help educate or develop the career potential of the other spouse”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 106 N.C. App. 91 - Haywood v. Haywood

3. “[a]ll professional licenses and business licenses which would terminate on transfer shall be considered separate property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 106 N.C. App. 91 - Haywood v. Haywood