113 N.C. App. 823 - Aikens v. Ludlum’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2016
20 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 Marek v. Chesny · Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. August · Hicks v. Albertson · 58 N.C. App. 551 - Scallon v. Hooper · Scallon v. Hooper
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) . . . specify the amount of the judgment and the amount of costs, 2) . . . specify the amount of the judgment and leave the amount of costs open to be determined by the court, or 3) . . . make a lump sum offer which expressly includes both the amount of the judgment and the amount of costs.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Defendant’s offer of judgment offers [pursuant to Rule 68(a)] to allow judgment be taken against him . . . for the stun of $48,500.00 together with costs accrued at the time this offer is filed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“NOW COMES Defendant, through counsel, pursuant to Rule 68(a) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil procedure, and hereby offers to allow judgment be entered against him in this matter in the total sum, in the aggregate, including costs now accrued and attorney’s fees, of EIGHT THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($8,000.00). This Offer is made for the purposes set out in Rule 68 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and for no other purpose. TAKE NOTICE that if this Offer is not accepted within ten (10) days after its filing and service, it shall be deemed withdrawn.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.