152 N.C. App. 599 - Static Control Components, Inc. v. Vogler’s Empirical Analysis

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48 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign his pleading, motion, or other paper and state his address. . . . The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him that he has read the pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and that it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 206 N.C. App. 67 - In Re the Will of Durham · 202 N.C. App. 375 - Ward v. JETT PROPERTIES, LLC

2. “A violation of any one of these requirements mandates the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 375 - Ward v. JETT PROPERTIES, LLC · 196 N.C. App. 517 - Garner v. Smith

3. “As in other cases where the trial court is responsible for making findings of fact, '[t]he trial court's findings of fact are conclusive on appeal if supported by competent evidence, even when the record includes other evidence that might support contrary findings.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 N.C. App. 655 - Hassell v. Hassell · 247 N.C. App. 135 - Smith v. Smith