175 N.C. App. 464 - Greer v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Rule 201(b) of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence specifies that a judicially noted fact must be one not subject to reasonable dispute in that it is either (1) generally known within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.... Any subject, however, that is open to reasonable debate is not appropriate for judicial notice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 330 - Khaja v. Husna

2. “that by the very nature of the age and gender of the minor child (28-month-old female), as it relates to the Defendant, that placement with the Defendant would be a negative aspect ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Picotte v. Hull

3. “the law of nature dictates that early in the life of a child, the mother has a distinct advantage in the opportunity to care for that child”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Picotte v. Hull