State v. Pledger’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably State v. Perry (1986), Gardner v. North Carolina State Bar (1986)
4 federal appellate · 56 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Goodman · State v. Griffin · State v. Austin · Mills v. CAROLINA CEMETERY PARK CORPORATION · State Ex Rel. Seawell v. Carolina Motor Club, Inc.
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not enacted for the purpose of conferring upon the legal profession an absolute monopoly in the preparation of legal documents; [the] purpose is for the better security of the people against incompetency and dishonesty in an area of activity affecting general welfare”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] person who, in the course of his employment by a corporation, prepares a legal document in connection with a business transaction in which the corporation has a primary interest, the corporation being authorized by law and its charter to transact such business, does not violate the statute [against the unauthorized practice of law], for his act in so doing is the act of the corporation in furtherance of its business.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it shall be unlawful for any person or association of persons, except active members of the Bar of the State of North Carolina admitted and licensed to practice as attorneys-at-law, to appear as attorney or counselor at law in any action or proceeding before any judicial body, including the North Carolina Industrial Commission, or the Utilities Commission ....”
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.