178 N.C. App. 519 - Smith v. Cregan’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Charlotte v. McNeely · State v. Johnson · 160 N.C. App. 461 - Department of Transportation v. Charlotte Area Manufactured Housing, Inc. · 164 N.C. App. 730 - Lord v. Customized Consulting Specialty, Inc. · Lutz v. GASTON COUNTY BD. OF EDUCATION OF GASTON CTY.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The present case involves a negligence action. Negligence cases are not listed among the types of actions in which costs must be awarded to a prevailing party pursuant to either section 6-18 or section 6-19. Therefore, the trial court’s costs ruling was governed by section 6-20, and costs could “be allowed or not, in the discretion of the court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“expert witness fees could be awarded to the prevailing defendants in the discretion of the trial court under section 6-20. The appropriate standard of review is whether the trial court abused its discretion.”
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.