137 N.C. App. 119 - Harvey v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the trial court committed reversible error when it granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal based on alleged violation of Appellate Rules 7, and 11 of the North Carolina Rule of Appeal Procedures [sic] even though plaintiff’s counsel substantially complied with the appellate rules by attempting to make arrangements for the transcription of the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 N.C. App. 608 - Lawrence v. Sullivan

2. “[I]f the court reporter fails to certify that the transcript has been delivered within the sixty-day period permitted by Appellate Rule 7(b), the thirty-five day period within which an appellant must serve the proposed record on appeal does not begin to run until the court reporter does certify delivery of the transcript.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 N.C. App. 608 - Lawrence v. Sullivan

3. “because it presents a recurring question of concern to the appellate bar of this state: what action, if any, must an appellant take to preserve the right of appeal when the court reporter does not transmit a copy of the trial transcript within the time mandated by the appellate rules?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 N.C. App. 608 - Lawrence v. Sullivan