Bowden v. Latta’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oestreicher v. American National Stores, Inc. · Bailey v. Gooding · Tridyn Industries, Inc. v. American Mutual Insurance · 41 N.C. App. 184 - Unigard Carolina Insurance v. Dickens · 76 N.C. App. 565 - LaFalce v. Wolcott
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the only way judicial economy can be served is by a determination of the underlying substantive appeal at this time. Such a determination will not fragment the case. To the contrary, it will significantly shorten the process and clear the path toward finality for all concerned.... Regardless of whether an appellate court undertakes a substantive appeal now or after the parties have gone through a trial on damages, the issue of whether the trial judge was correct in overturning the jury verdict on contributory negligence remains central and will, in any event, need to be addressed. Deciding the matter now would streamline the process by delineating, as well as limiting, the remaining issues that could be litigated and appealed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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