Williams v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 22 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The judge must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmovant and may grant the motion only if, as a matter of law, the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict for the nonmovant. Dickinson v. Pake, 284 N.C. 576 , 201 S.E.2d 897 (1974). All conflicts in the evidence are to be resolved in the nonmovant's favor, and he must be given the benefit of every inference reasonably to be drawn in his favor. Daughtry v. Turnage, 295 N.C. 543 , 246 S.E.2d 788 (1978). Conflicts, contradictions, and inconsistencies are to be resolved in the nonmovant's favor. Summey v. Cauthen, 283 N.C. 640 , 197 S.E.2d 549 (1973).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Finch v. City of Durham · 155 N.C. App. 65 - State Properties, LLC v. Ray

2. “A contract is the agreement of two minds—the coming together of two minds on a thing done or to be done.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Micro Capital Investors, Inc. v. Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc. · 191 N.C. App. 614 - Shepard v. Bonita Vista Properties, LP