12 N.C. App. 286 - Austin v. Austin’s Empirical Analysis

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70 state decisions

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

1. ““ ... It is uncontroverted that G.S. 50-16.4 and G.S. 50-13.6 permit the entering of a proper order for ‘reasonable’ counsel fees for the benefit of a dependent spouse, but the record in this case contains no findings of fact, such as the nature and scope of the legal services rendered, the skill and time required, et cetera, upon which a determination of the requisite reasonableness could be based. Compare, for example, the evidence and findings in Stanback v. Stanback, 270 N.C. 497 , 155 S.E. 2d 221 (1967). See also, Stadiem v. Stadiem, 230 N.C. 318 , 52 S.E. 2d 899 (1949).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 25 N.C. App. 695 - Powell v. Powell · 29 N.C. App. 342 - Hampton v. Hampton

2. “Any district judge may hear motions and enter interlocutory orders in causes regularly calendared for trial or for the disposition of motions, at any session to which the district judge has been assigned to preside. The chief district judge and any district judge designated by written order or rule of the chief district judge, may in chambers hear motions and enter interlocutory orders in all causes pending in the district courts of the district, including causes transferred from the superior court to the district court under the provisions of this chapter....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stroupe v. Stroupe