McMichael v. Proctor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 62 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`questions of propriety and ethics are ordinarily for the consideration of the [North Carolina State] Bar' because that organization was expressly created by the legislature to deal with such questions, . . . the power to regulate the conduct of attorneys is held concurrently by the Bar and the court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 172 N.C. App. 595 - Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Bourlon · 180 N.C. App. 30 - Dunn v. Canoy

2. ““But the General Assembly is the policy-making agency of our government, and when it elects to legislate in respect to the subject matter of any common law rule, the statute supplants the common law rule and becomes the public policy of the State in respect to that particular matter.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 23 N.C. App. 504 - Quick v. United Benefit Life Insurance Co. · 9 N.C. App. 490 - Samons v. Meymandi

3. “convicted of the felonious slaying of her husband.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 23 N.C. App. 504 - Quick v. United Benefit Life Insurance Co.