162 N.C. App. 355 - In Re Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
65 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burgess Ex Rel. Burgess v. Gibbs · 135 N.C. App. 734 - State v. Linemann · 81 N.C. App. 531 - Matter of Baby Boy Scearce · 156 N.C. App. 213 - Sarda v. City/County of Durham Board of Adjustment · In re Will of Barnes
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny county department of social services, consolidated county human services agency, or licensed child-placing agency to whom custody of the juvenile has been given by a court of competent jurisdiction.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage“Standing is jurisdictional in nature and '[c]onsequently, standing is a threshold issue that must be addressed, and found to exist, before the merits of [the] case are judicially resolved.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“Because DSS no longer had custody of the child, DSS lacked standing, under the plain language of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7B-1103(a), to file a petition to terminate respondent's parental rights.”
4 later decisions 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.