Hill v. Bechtel’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2012
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 2020
Relies on Iredell County Board of Education v. Dickson · Matter of Wharton · State v. Bell · 106 N.C. App. 675 - Hill v. Bechtel
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In our endeavor to ascertain the purpose of the statute, we should also have due regard to the rule that the spirit and reason of the law shall prevail over its letter, especially where a literal construction would work an obvious injustice.” State v. Bell, 184 N.C. 701, 705 , 115 S.E. 190, 192 (1922). Matters implied by the language of a statute must be given effect to the same extent as matters specifically expressed. In re Wharton, 305 N.C. 565, 574 , 290 S.E.2d 688, 693 (1982); Iredell County Bd. of Educ. v. Dickson, 235 N.C. 359, 361 , 70 S.E.2d 14, 17 (1952).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Elmore
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