195 N.C. App. 201 - Johns v. Johns’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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

1. “Under Rule 11, an objective standard is used to determine whether a paper has been interposed for an improper purpose, with the burden on the movant to prove such improper purpose. Because an objective standard is employed, an improper purpose may be inferred from the alleged offender’s objective behavior. In assessing that behavior, we look at the totality of the circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grubbs v. Grubbs · Fatta v. M & M Properties Management, Inc.

2. “The signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him that he has read the pleading, motion, or other paper; that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and that it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 213 N.C. App. 236 - COVENTRY WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC. v. City of Charlotte

3. “The final step in reviewing the imposition of Rule 11 sanctions requires this Court to consider, under an abuse of discretion standard, the appropriateness of the sanction actually imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 585 - Nix v. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, INC.