122 N.C. App. 1 - Leandro v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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

1. “A general and uniform system of free public schools shall be provided throughout the State, wherein equal opportunities shall be provided for all students, in accordance with the provisions of Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina. . . . There shall be operated in every local school administrative unit a uniform school term of nine months, without the levy of a State ad valorem tax therefor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 N.C. App. 1 - Wake Cares, Inc. v. Wake County Board of Education · Leandro v. State

2. “`It is clear, then, that equal access to participation in our public school system is a fundamental right, guaranteed by our state constitution and protected by considerations of procedural due process.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leandro v. State

3. “is limited to one of equal access to education, and it does not embrace a qualitative standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leandro v. State