161 N.C. App. 404 - Helms v. Schultze’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. White · 57 N.C. App. 650 - Anderson Chevrolet/Olds, Inc. v. Higgins · 134 N.C. App. 626 - Bueltel v. Lumber Mutual Insurance · Stephenson v. Bartlett · 116 N.C. App. 676 - Mullins Ex Rel. Mullins v. Brody's Store Manager
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the plain language of a contract is clear, the intention of the parties is inferred from the words of the contract.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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