242 N.C. App. 236 - Thomas v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “[T]he plain language of [N.C.G.S. §] 50B-1(a)(2) imposes only a subjective test, rather than an object reasonableness test, to determine whether an act of domestic violence has occurred.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Williams · 249 N.C. App. 269 - Jarrett v. Jarrett

2. “whether there was competent evidence to support the trial court's findings of fact and whether its conclusions of law were proper in light of such facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 N.C. App. 20 - Comstock v. Comstock

3. “[k]nowing conduct ... directed at a specific person that torments, terrorizes, or terrifies that person and that serves no legitimate purpose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 269 - Jarrett v. Jarrett