State v. Scarboro’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is apparent that this statute was intended to subject foreign counsel to the jurisdiction of this State’s courts on a continuing basis. O.S. 84-4.1(5) provides for mandatory association of local counsel so that at all times in a proceeding the court has power to compel, if necessary, foreign counsel to fulfill the duties placed upon them by G.S. 84-4.1 (1-4).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Contempt Proceeding of Smith