147 N.C. App. 77 - State v. Stitt’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Herring · State v. Todd · Pittman v. FIRST PROTECTION LIFE INS. COMPANY · 129 N.C. App. 562 - Strader v. Sunstates Corp. · State v. Wilson
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.
“'if there is a belief that material evidence will come to light and such belief is reasonably grounded on known facts,' whereas 'a mere intangible hope that something helpful toa litigant may possibly turn up affords no sufficient basis for delaying a trial.'”
2 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.