Yeager v. Yeager’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] moot claim is not justiciable, and a trial court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over a non-justiciable claim [.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 524 - Cumberland Cnty. Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Human Servs. · 251 N.C. App. 904 - T&A Amusements, LLC v. McCrory

2. “[continuously since 6 May 2008, when plaintiff filed a complaint for alimony, equitable distribution, and attorney’s fees against defendant, the parties have been engaged in a course of incessant litigation in several interrelated lawsuits in Mecklenburg County which have thus far resulted in numerous court orders addressing various issues including interim distribution, appointment of a receiver, contempt, sanctions, equitable distribution, and no less than eleven appeals to this Court, excluding the many petitions filed with this Court. This litigation has been particularly rancorous....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 232 N.C. App. 173 - Yeager v. Yeager

3. “A case is 'moot' when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing controversy. Thus, the case at bar is moot if [an intervening event] had the effect of leaving plaintiff with no available remedy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 524 - Cumberland Cnty. Hosp. Sys., Inc. v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.