156 N.C. App. 503 - Lea v. Grier’s Empirical Analysis

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50 state decisions

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

1. “[T]o state an equal protection claim, a claimant must allege (1) the government (2) arbitrarily (3) treated them differently (4) than those similarly situated.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 N.C. App. 57 - Jones v. City of Durham · 168 N.C. App. 433 - Jones v. City of Durham

2. “We review de novo the grant of a motion to dismiss. A motion to dismiss made pursuant to . . . Rule 12(b)(6) tests the legal sufficiency of the complaint. “The system of notice pleading affords a sufficiently liberal construction of complaints so that few fail to survive a motion to dismiss.” Accordingly, when entertaining “a motion to dismiss, the trial court must take the complaint’s allegations as true and determine whether they are sufficient to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under some legal theory.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 N.C. App. 120 - Shelton v. Duke University Health System, Inc.

3. “`[T]he touchstone of due process is protection of the individual against arbitrary action of government,'... Arbitrary and capricious acts by government are also prohibited under the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and the North Carolina Constitutions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 168 N.C. App. 433 - Jones v. City of Durham