167 N.C. App. 250 - Lee v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 107 N.C. App. 154 - Shear v. Stevens Building Co. · 68 N.C. App. 74 - Ward v. Taylor · 101 N.C. App. 550 - Matter of Isenhour · Shaver v. Shaver · Sheffield v. Consolidated Foods Corp.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen the trial court sits without a jury, the standard of review on appeal is whether there was competent evidence to support the trial court's findings of fact and whether its conclusions of law were proper in light of such facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“While findings of fact by the trial court in a non-jury case are conclusive on appeal if there is evidence to support those findings, conclusions of law are reviewable de novo.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“shall begin receiving his share of the accrued benefit upon [plaintiff's] retirement date.”
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.