244 N.C. App. 20 - Comstock v. Comstock’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]here ... the General Assembly includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same Act, it is generally presumed that the legislative body acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Williams · 253 N.C. App. 198 - State v. Mylett

2. “The issuance and renewal of DVPOs, the means for enforcing them, and the penalties for their violation are governed by North Carolina's Domestic Violence Act, which is codified in Chapter 50B of the North Carolina General Statutes.”

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

3. “[t]he district court division of the General Court of Justice shall have original jurisdiction over actions instituted under ... Chapter [50B].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwards v. Cole