85 N.C. App. 338 - Dixon v. Stuart’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 128 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 144 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff could prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.'”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 654 - Formyduval v. Britt · 181 N.C. App. 511 - Burgin v. Owen

2. “We cannot say that it appears beyond doubt that plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of these allegations which would entitle him to relief from these defendants for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Extreme and outrageous ridiculing and harassing has been grounds for recovery under this tort before. See, e.g., Hogan v. Forsyth Country Club Co., 79 N.C.App. 483 , 340 S.E.2d 116 , disc. rev. denied, 317 N.C. 334 , 346 S.E.2d 140 (1986); Woodruff v. Miller, 64 N.C.App. 364 , 307 S.E.2d 176 (1983).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 683 F. Supp. 1006 - English v. General Electric Co.

3. “where no insurmountable bar to recovery appears on the face of the complaint and the complaint’s allegations give adequate notice of the nature and extent of the claim. Detailed fact pleading is not required. ... A complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that plaintiff could prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief. ... In analyzing the sufficiency of the complaint, the complaint must be liberally construed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 91 N.C. App. 35 - Williams v. Hillhaven Corp.