In Re SEP’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “), a Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re K.Q. · 187 N.C. App. 388 - In Re DDF

2. “[i]f Pam Frazier was an authorized representative of the DSS director, she should have signed her own name and checked the `Authorized Representative' box. In that circumstance, we likely would reach a different result[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 N.C. App. 164 - In the Matter of Dw

3. “We take this opportunity to suggest that properly [signing and] verifying a petition is likely to be the easiest part of DSS's job.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 N.C. App. 388 - In Re DDF