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← 237 N.C. 487 - Deaton v. Deaton

Deaton v. Deaton’s Empirical Analysis

1953

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1964
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Park Construction Co. v. Independent School District No. 32 · State v. Lincoln Co. P.D. · Dyer v. . Dyer · Batesville Casket Co. v. Fields · Simmons v. . Simmons

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. “Whether a statute produces a just or an unjust result is a matter for legislators and not for judges.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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