89 N.C. App. 689 - Stern v. Stern’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 2004
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 39 N.C. App. 77 - Swenson v. Thibaut · In Re Blalock · Swenson v. Thibaut · Swenson v. Thibaut · 21 N.C. App. 120 - Paschall v. Paschall
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter may, without serving a summons upon him, exercise jurisdiction in an action over a person . . . [w]ho makes a general appearance in an action[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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