192 N.C. App. 608 - Lawrence v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a party's failure to comply with nonjurisdictional rule requirements normally should not lead to dismissal of the appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomas · 263 N.C. App. 380 - Walton v. Walton

2. “If an action is commenced within the statute of limitations, and a plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the action without prejudice, a new action on the same claim may be commenced within one year. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 41(a) (2007). However, a plaintiff must obtain proper service prior to dismissal in order to toll the statute of limitations for a year. In Latham , this Court held that if a voluntary dismissal is based on defective service, the voluntary dismissal does not toll the statute of limitations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 62 - N.C. Indian Cultural Ctr., Inc. v. Sanders

3. “we do not deem these nonjurisdictional failures [under N.C. R. App. P. 7(a)(1) ] on the part of plaintiff to be so egregious that they warrant dismissal of plaintiff's appeal”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 380 - Walton v. Walton