72 N.C. App. 22 - Doby v. Lowder’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably 156 N.C. App. 533 - In Re Humphrey (2003), 172 N.C. App. 1 - In the Matter of JB (2005)
2 federal appellate · 39 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 Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · 42 N.C. App. 449 - Rosenthal v. Perkins · Shankle v. Shankle · 40 N.C. App. 120 - Nytco Leasing, Inc. v. Southeastern Motels, Inc. · American Travel Corporation v. Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion to continue is addressed to the court’s sound discretion and will not be disturbed on appeal in the absence of abuse of discretion. Continuances are not favored and the party seeking a continuance has the burden of showing sufficient grounds for it. The chief consideration is whether granting or denying a continuance will further substantial justice.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.