142 N.C. App. 607 - In Re Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
288
cited by 288 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
288 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matter of Montgomery · Matter of Ballard · Harris v. Henry's Auto Parts · 56 N.C. App. 142 - Matter of Smith · 58 N.C. App. 322 - Matter of Allen
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 288 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is a two-step process in a termination of parental rights proceeding.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage“Evidence heard or introduced throughout the adjudicatory stage, as well as any additional evidence, may be considered by the court during the dispositional stage.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] juvenile who does not receive proper care, supervision, or discipline from the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker; or who has been abandoned; or who is not provided necessary medical care; or who is not provided necessary remedial care; or who lives in an environment injurious to the juvenile's welfare; or who has been placed for care or adoption in violation of [the] law.”
8 later decisions 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.