12 N.C. App. 669 - Fulton v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““For the purpose of this Article, a ‘general contractor’ is defined as one who for a fixed price, commission, fee or wage, undertakes to bid upon or to construct any building . . . where the cost of the undertaking is thirty thousand dollars or more . . . . ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 51 N.C. App. 646 - Roberts v. Heffner · 32 N.C. App. 453 - Helms v. Dawkins

2. “where the cost of the undertaking is twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hawkins v. League · 766 So. 2d 161 - Thomas Learning Center, Inc. v. McGuirk

3. “[0]ne who for a fixed price, commission, fee or wage, undertakes to bid upon or to construct any building ... or any improvement or structure where the cost of the undertak ing is thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more and anyone who shall bid upon or engage in constructing any undertakings or improvements above mentioned in the State of North Carolina costing thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) or more shall be deemed and held to have engaged in the business of general contracting in the State of North Carolina. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 49 N.C. App. 168 - Revis Sand & Stone, Inc. v. King