69 N.C. App. 431 - Fletcher v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court made findings of fact concerning the passage of time between the March closing date and the time of defendant's termination, but made no adequate findings of fact or conclusions of law concerning whether a reasonable time had elapsed. Because the trial court failed to apply the proper legal standard to the facts in reaching its judgment, the case must be remanded for further proceedings....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fletcher v. Jones

2. “defendant further modified the contract by virtue of his conversations with plaintiff between 10 March and 4 August 1981, indicating his continued willingness to convey the land as soon as his divorce became final.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fletcher v. Jones

3. “To award plaintiff specific performance as well as compensate for her development costs would be to place her in a better position than she would have occupied had defendant conveyed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fletcher v. Jones