198 N.C. App. 407 - Sabates v. Sabates’s Empirical Analysis

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44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hile failure to give the number of the rule under which a motion is made is not necessarily fatal, the grounds for the motion and the relief sought must be consistent with the Rules of Civil Procedure.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 84 - Sfreddo v. Hicks · 261 N.C. App. 9 - Davis v. Rizzo

2. “'[W]here [a] [Rule 59 ] motion involves a question of law or legal inference, our standard of review is de novo. '”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 212 N.C. App. 25 - Harrington v. Wall · BODIE ISLAND BEACH CLUB ASS'N, INC. v. Wray

3. “[ejveiy pleading, motion, and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in his, individual name, whose address shall be stated. . . . 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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'Neal v. O'Neal · 212 N.C. App. 25 - Harrington v. Wall