121 N.C. App. 360 - Dunkley v. Shoemate’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Ford Motor Co. · Vernon v. Crist · Cox v. JEFFERSON-PILOT FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY · 80 N.C. App. 122 - Cox v. Jefferson-Pilot Fire & Casualty Co. · Piatt v. Doughnut Corp.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an adult or emancipated minor who lacks sufficient capacity to manage his own affairs or to make or communicate important decisions concerning his person, family, or property whether such lack of capacity is due to mental illness, mental retardation, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, autism, inebriety, senility, disease, injury, or similar cause or condition.”
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.