169 N.C. App. 411 - Scoggins v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thomas M. McInnis & Associates, Inc. v. Hall · Stephens Ex Rel. Houston v. Childers · 100 N.C. App. 157 - Town of Chapel Hill v. Burchette · 40 N.C. App. 575 - Howard v. Williams · 135 N.C. App. 332 - Moore v. City of Raleigh
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While there is no clear dividing line as to what falls within the confines of excusable neglect as grounds for the setting aside of a judgment, what constitutes excusable neglect depends upon what, under all the surrounding circumstances, may be reasonably expected of a party in paying proper attention to his case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“To set aside a judgment on the grounds of excusable neglect under Rule 60(b), the moving party must show that the judgment rendered against him was due to his excusable neglect and that he has a meritorious defense. However, in the absence of sufficient showing of excusable neglect, the question of meritorious defense becomes immaterial.”
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.