Church v. . Dula’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This view is not affected in any way by the case of Southport v. Stanley , 125 N.C. 464 , to which we were referred by plaintiff's counsel. That decision was to the effect that the general power conferred on the authorities of a town to sell and dispose of town property by section 3824 of the Code of 1883 (Rev. 2978) does not give the right to sell property held in trust for the public; for any such purpose there must be an act of the Legislature conferring special power.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. Town of Reidsville