190 N.C. App. 412 - Dodson v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The review of the trial court's findings are limited to 'whether there is competent evidence to support the findings of fact and whether the findings support the conclusions of law.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 N.C. App. 734 - Brown v. Brown · 249 N.C. App. 1 - Burger v. Burger

2. “Decisions regarding the amount of alimony are left to the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be disturbed on appeal unless there has been a manifest abuse of that discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 192 N.C. App. 734 - Brown v. Brown