75 N.C. App. 169 - Spears v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In interpreting [the general-contractor licensing statutes] and ascertaining the extent to which an undertaking and its cost should be attributed to a particular contractor, the courts in North Carolina have focused on the control exercised by the contractor over the project."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 36 So. 3d 542 - Dabbs v. FOUR TEES, INC. · 766 So. 2d 161 - Thomas Learning Center, Inc. v. McGuirk

2. “"[A] `general contractor' is defined as one who for a fixed price, commission, fee or wage, undertakes to . . . construct any building . . . where the cost for the undertaking is $30,000 or more."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 85 N.C. App. 455 - Mill-Power Supply Co. v. CVM ASSOCIATES · 766 So. 2d 161 - Thomas Learning Center, Inc. v. McGuirk