12 N.C. App. 348 - Dale v. Lattimore’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably 16 N.C. App. 80 - Jones v. SATTERFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (1972), 177 N.C. App. 560 - Conner Brothers MacHine Company, Inc. v. Rogers (2006)
34 state decisions
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Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Hood · Sutton v. Duke · United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp. · Archer v. United States · Southard v. Southard
Most-quoted passages
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“Unquestionably, a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, under Rule 12(b)(6), can be made as late as trial upon the merits. However, we are of the opinion that, as a general rule, the motion comes too late on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted . . . may be made in any pleading permitted or ordered under Rule 7(a), or by motion for judgment on the pleadings, or at the trial on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In the Matter of Cw
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.