2 N.C. App. 219 - Willis v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The findings of fact by the judge in contempt proceedings are conclusive on appeal when supported by any competent evidence . . . and are reviewable only for the purpose of passing on their sufficiency to warrant the judgment.” Willis v. Willis, 2 N.C. App. 219 , 162 S.E. 2d 592 (1968), quoting from Rose’s Stores v. Tarrytown Center, 270 N.C. 206, 211 , 154 S.E. 2d 313 (1967).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 8 N.C. App. 136 - Peoples v. Peoples

2. ““The court entered judgment as for civil contempt, and the court must find not only failure to comply but that the defendant presently possesses the means to comply. The judgment committing the defendant to imprisonment for contempt is not supported by the record and must be set aside.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Earnhardt v. Earnhardt