245 N.C. App. 197 - In re: C.B. & S.B.’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Unchallenged findings are binding on appeal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re A.M.A.T. · In re R.D.H.

2. “a. Has caused the juveniles to be neglected, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. §[ ]7B-101(15) as set out in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(1) in that each is in need of assistance of placement, because her known parent is unwilling and unable to provide for her care or supervision and lacks an appropriate alternative to childcare arrangement. The juveniles do not have a parent, guardian, or custodian that will accept responsibility for the juveniles' care or supervision and the juveniles' parent, guardian, or custodian is unwilling and unable to provide for the juveniles' care or supervision and lacks an appropriate alternative child care arrangement. b. Has willfully left the juveniles in foster care or placement outside the home for more than 12 months without showing to the satisfaction of the court that reasonable progress under the circumstances has been made in correcting those conditions which led to the removal of the juveniles on January 16, 2015, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(2) [.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re A.X.M.

3. “The client must show that ... 'even [if counsel's error was] an unreasonable error, ... there is a reasonable probability ... there would have been a different result in the proceedings.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re A.X.M.