248 N.C. App. 317 - Dellinger v. Lincoln County’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coastal Ready-Mix Concrete Co. v. Board of Commissioners · Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Board of Aldermen · Coastal Ready-Mix Concrete Co, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners of Town of Nags Head · Westminster Homes, Inc. v. Town of Cary Zoning Board of Adjustment · Willetts v. Insurance Corp.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o hold that an applicant must first anticipate and then prove or disprove each and every general consideration would impose an intolerable, if not impossible, burden on an applicant for a conditional use permit. An applicant need not negate every possible objection to the proposed use.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When a party alleges the Board of Commissioners' decision was based upon an error of law, both the superior court, sitting as an appellate court, and this Court reviews the matter de novo , considering the matter anew.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'A legislative body such as the Board [of Commissioners], when granting or denying a conditional use permit, sits as a quasi-judicial body.'”
3 later decisions 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.