166 N.C. App. 456 - Kemp v. Spivey’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently January 2022
13 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 134 N.C. App. 217 - Shell Island Homeowners Ass'n v. Tomlinson · 159 N.C. App. 626 - Sterner v. Penn · 165 N.C. App. 639 - Eastway Wrecker Service, Inc. v. City of Charlotte · Gardner v. Gardner · 102 N.C. App. 522 - Locus v. Fayetteville State University
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On appeal from a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), this Court reviews de novo whether, as a matter of law, the allegations of the complaint ... are sufficient to state a claim upon which relief may be granted[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“When considering a 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, the trial court need only look to the face of the complaint to determine whether it reveals an insurmountable bar to plaintiff's recovery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“afforded a reasonable opportunity to present all material made pertinent to such a motion by Rule 56.”
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.