205 N.C. App. 690 - Carlton v. Melvin’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Turner v. Duke University · Williams v. Williams · Lemons v. Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. · 147 N.C. App. 362 - Combs & Associates, Inc. v. Kennedy · National Food Stores v. North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control
Most-quoted passages
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“On a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, the standard of review is whether, as a matter of law, the allegations of the complaint, treated as true, are sufficient to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under some legal theory. The complaint must be liberally construed, and the court should not dismiss the complaint unless it appears beyond a doubt that the plaintiff could not prove any set of facts to support his claim which would entitle him to relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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