State v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hether an appellant has demonstrated that his matter is the rare case meriting suspension of our appellate rules is always a discretionary determination to be made on a case-by-case basis.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 940 - State v. Taylor · 254 N.C. App. 765 - State v. Anderson

2. “appropriate for Rule 2 review-must necessarily be made in light of the specific circumstances of individual cases and parties , such as whether”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Woods · 254 N.C. App. 765 - State v. Anderson

3. “Rule 2 relates to the residual power of our appellate courts to consider, in exceptional circumstances , significant issues of importance in the public interest, or to prevent injustice which appears manifest to the Court and only in such instances .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Woods · 258 N.C. App. 527 - State v. Bursell