184 N.C. App. 654 - Blyth v. McCrary’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
December 2019
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rhyne v. K-Mart Corp. · United States v. Godwin · Ellis v. Northern Star Co. · Maximus v. LOCKHEED INFO. MGMT. SYSTEMS · Bromhal v. Stott
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n any suit instituted by a person who alleges that the defendant violated G.S. 75-1.1, the presiding judge may, in his discretion, allow a reasonable attorney fee ... to be taxed as a part of the court costs and payable by the losing party, upon a finding by the presiding judge that: ... (2) The party instituting the action knew, or should have known, the action was frivolous and malicious.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A claim is frivolous if a proponent can present no rational argument based upon the evidence or law in support of [it]. A claim is malicious if it is wrongful and done intentionally without just cause or excuse or as a result of ill will.”
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.