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← 131 N.C. App. 601 - State v. Rollins

131 N.C. App. 601 - State v. Rollins’s Empirical Analysis

1998

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2008
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Roberts v. United States · State v. Ahearn · State v. Melton · State v. Boone · State v. Parker

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

  1. “[a] lawyer should demonstrate respect for the legal system and for those who serve it, including judges[.]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[T]he function of all briefs . . . is to define clearly the questions presented to the reviewing court[.]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “in no way assisted this Court either in understanding or deciding the issues of the instant case.”
    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.