242 N.C. App. 262 - Davis v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. Matthews · 128 N.C. App. 490 - Smith v. Privette · 167 N.C. App. 324 - Tubiolo v. Abundant Life Church, Inc. · 214 N.C. App. 507 - Johnson v. Antioch United Holy Church, Inc. · 179 N.C. App. 595 - In re Will of McFayden
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he First Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits a civil court from becoming entangled in ecclesiastical matters. However, not every dispute involving church property implicates ecclesiastical matters.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“33. As registered members of the Church, Plaintiffs[ ] have a cognizable civic, contract, and property interest in the operation of the Church and whether the Parish Council has acted within the scope of its authority and followed the Church's bylaws.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“wrongfully converted church funds for personal use, and embezzled from the church”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.