Hendrix v. Alsop’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appeals of right from certain decisions of the Court of Appeals. — Except as provided in § 7A-28 [pertaining to post conviction hearings], from any decision of the Court of Appeals rendered in a case (1) Which directly involves a substantial question arising under the Constitution of the United States or of this State, or (2) In which there is a dissent, or (3) Which involves review of a decision of the North Carolina Utilities Commission in a general rate-making case, an appeal lies of right to the Supreme Court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Campbell

2. “It is apparent . . . the General Assembly of North Carolina intended to insure a review by the Supreme Court of questions on which there was a division in the intermediate appellate court; no such review was intended for claims joined or consolidated in the lower appellate court and on which that court rendered unanimous decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hageman