173 N.C. App. 1 - In Re PLP’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

124 state decisions

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 124 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “terminated by the trial court's order to `close' the case”

   35 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 N.C. App. 214 - In re C.W. · In re T.N.H.

2. “in foster care or placement outside the home for more than 12 months without showing to the satisfaction of the court that reasonable progress under the circumstances has been made in correcting those conditions which led to the removal of the juvenile.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re H.R.J. · In re J.H.

3. “the trial court erred by finding that the [respondent-]mother willfully left her child in foster care for more than twelve months without making reasonable progress under the circumstances[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 195 N.C. App. 130 - In the Matter of Era