205 N.C. App. 707 - State v. Stanley’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Renfro · 203 N.C. App. 627 - State v. McCravey · 174 N.C. App. 118 - Trayford v. North Carolina Psychology Board · 159 N.C. App. 220 - Downs v. State · Keyzer v. Amerlink, Ltd.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Statutory interpretation begins with the cardinal principle of statutory construction that the intent of the legislature is controlling. In ascertaining the legislative intent, courts should consider the language of the statute, the spirit of the statute, and what it seeks to accomplish. Where the statutory language is clear and unambiguous, the Court does not engage in judicial construction but must apply the statute to give effect to the plain and definite meaning of the language.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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