Bridges v. Parrish’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 37 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the allegations of the complaint, if treated as true, are sufficient to state a claim upon which relief can be granted under some legal theory.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 386 - Shannon v. Testen · 245 N.C. App. 412 - Piro v. McKeever

2. “We have stated that "[n]o legal duty exists unless the injury to plaintiff was foreseeable and avoidable through due care." The criminal acts of a third party are generally considered "unforeseeable and independent, intervening cause[s] absolving the [defendant] of liability." For this reason, the law does not generally impose a duty to prevent the criminal acts of a third party.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 38 - Blackmon v. Tri-Arc Food Sys., Inc.

3. “[n]o legal duty exists unless the injury to plaintiff was foreseeable and avoidable through due care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 38 - Blackmon v. Tri-Arc Food Sys., Inc.