O & M INDUSTRIES v. Smith Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 39 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he materialman’s lien statute is remedial in that it seeks to protect the interests of those who supply labor and materials that improve the value of the owner’s property. A remedial statute must be construed broadly in the light of the evils sought to be eliminated, the remedies intended to be applied, and the objective to be attained.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 210 N.C. App. 338 - Pete Wall Plumbing Co. v. Sandra Anderson Builders, Inc. · 215 N.C. App. 220 - Pete Wall Plumbing Co. v. Sandra Anderson Builders, Inc.

2. “[a] remedial statute must be construed broadly 'in the light of the evils sought to be eliminated, the remedies intended to be applied, and the objective to be attained'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilkie v. City of Boiling Spring Lakes · 242 N.C. App. 236 - Thomas v. Williams

3. “the first consideration in determining legislative intent is the words chosen by the legislature.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 N.C. App. 815 - Bowling v. MARGARET R. PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL · Dawson v. DEPT. OF ENV'T & NAT. RESOURCES