Morris v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably 145 N.C. App. 525 - Lake Mary Ltd. Partnership v. Johnston (2001), 89 N.C. App. 171 - Matter of Bullabough (1988)
1 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Marshall v. Miller · Hardy v. Toler · 34 N.C. App. 503 - Love v. Pressley · Levitch v. Levitch · United Leasing Corp. v. Miller
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]f the written judgment conforms in general terms with the oral entry, it is a valid judgment[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“2. That the conduct of the defendants in representing to the plaintiffs that the house would be covered under the Homeowners Warranty Program and then failing to have the house registered under the Homeowners Warranty Program, as determined by the jury, was willful. 3. There was an unwarranted refusal by the defendants to fully resolve the matter which constitutes the basis of plaintiffs’ suit under Chapter 75.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the time and labor expended, the skill required to perform the legal services rendered, the customary fee for like work, or the experience and ability of the attorney.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.