174 N.C. App. 778 - Walker v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
33 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Viar v. North Carolina Department of Transportation · State v. Kirby · 92 N.C. App. 331 - Kimmel v. Brett · 116 N.C. App. 658 - Bustle v. Rice · 167 N.C. App. 756 - Wetchin v. Ocean Side 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a. The Trial Court’s Finding of Fact [No. ‘X’], on the grounds that it is not supported by the evidence. b. The Trial Court’s Finding of Fact [No. ‘X’], on the grounds that it is erroneous as a matter of law. c. The Trial Court’s Finding of Fact [No. ‘X’], on the grounds that it is an abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[e]ach assignment of error shall, . . . be confined to a single issue of law; and shall state plainly, concisely and without argumentation the legal basis upon which error is assigned.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'erroneous as a matter of law.' " In concluding that this assignment of error was insufficient under the 2005 version of Rule 10 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure, this Court held that the "assertion that a given finding, conclusion, or ruling was 'erroneous as a matter of law' " violated Rule 10 because it "completely fail[ed] to identify the issues actually briefed on appeal.”
2 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.