32 N.C. App. 572 - Webber v. Webber’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘Equitable estoppel is defined as “the effect of the voluntary-conduct of a party whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed ... as against another person who in good faith relied upon such conduct, and has been led thereby to change his position for the worse, and who on his part acquires some corresponding right either of contract or of remedy. This estoppel arises when one by his acts, representations, or admissions, or by his silence when he ought to speak out, intentionally or through culpable negligence induces another to believe certain facts to exist and such other rightfully relies and acts on such belief, so that he will be prejudiced if the former is permitted to deny the existence of such facts”.’”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 119 N.C. App. 365 - United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Country Club of Johnston County, Inc. · 101 N.C. App. 298 - Lutz v. Lutz

2. ““Equitable estoppel is defined as ‘the effect of the voluntary conduct of a party whereby he is absolutely precluded, both at law and in equity, from asserting rights which might perhaps have otherwise existed ... as against another person who in good faith relied upon such conduct, and has been led thereby to change his position for the worse, and who on his part acquires some corresponding right . . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 100 N.C. App. 686 - Harroff v. Harroff