243 N.C. App. 696 - Collins v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Quick v. Quick · North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources v. Carroll · In Re Appeal of the Greens of Pine Glen Ltd. Partnership · Williams v. Williams · Rickert v. Rickert
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the court's findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, they are conclusive on appeal, even if there is contrary evidence. Whether a spouse is entitled to an award of alimony or post-separation support is a question of law. This Court reviews questions of law de novo .... The trial court's determination of the amount of alimony is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“manifestly unsupported by reason, or so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision,”
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.