55 N.C. App. 612 - State v. Bost’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently April 2019
8 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 State v. Fulcher · In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge Hardy · 6 N.C. App. 174 - State v. Muskelly · 21 N.C. App. 470 - State v. Carr · State v. Schultz
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.
“[Trailers] may qualify as 'buildings' [under § 14-54 ] if under the circumstances of their use and location at the time in question they have lost their character of mobility and have attained a character of permanence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mutee v. U.S.“Whether other 'trailers,' or 'railroad cars' or other items specifically named in G.S. 14-56 qualify as 'buildings' under G.S. 14-54 depends upon the circumstances in each case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mutee v. U.S.“The items listed in G.S. 14-54 denote the qualities of permanence and immobility while those listed in G.S. 14-56 are characterized by a high degree of mobility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mutee v. U.S.
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.