131 N.C. App. 226 - Fordham v. Eason’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Ruark Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.A. · HOGAH v. Forsyth Country Club Co. · State v. Wilson · Crockett v. FIRST FEDERAL S. & L. ASS'N, ETC. · Crockett v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Charlotte
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Furthermore, a claim of trespass requires: (1) possession of the property by plaintiff when the alleged trespass was committed; (2) an unauthorized entry by defendant; and (3) damage to plaintiff. Since Woodland cannot show that it was the owner of the land, it cannot maintain a cause of action for trespass.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fordham v. Eason
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.