160 N.C. App. 664 - Long v. Long’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably 165 N.C. App. 737 - RD&J Properties v. Lauralea-Dilton Enterprises, LLC (2004), 181 N.C. App. 511 - Burgin v. Owen (2007)
32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 138 N.C. App. 19 - Poor v. Hill · 140 N.C. App. 362 - Williamson v. Williamson · Hall v. Simmons · Smith v. Smith · Smith v. . Smith
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the existence of a valid contract and (2) breach of the terms of the contract.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“As used in this subsection, cohabitation means the act of two adults dwelling together continuously and habitually in a private heterosexual relationship, even if this relationship is not solemnized by marriage, or a private homosexual relationship. Cohabitation is evidenced by the voluntary mutual assumption of those marital rights, duties, and obligations which are usually manifested by married people, and which include, but are not necessarily dependent on, sexual relations. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make lawful conduct which is made unlawful by other statutes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In order for a breach of contract to be actionable it must be a material breach, one that substantially defeats the purpose of the agreement or goes to the very heart of the agreement, or can be characterized as a substantial failure to perform.”
1 later decision 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.