94 N.C. App. 724 - Gray v. Hoover’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 79 N.C. App. 221 - Broyhill v. Coppage · 6 N.C. App. 201 - Sebastian v. Kluttz · 65 N.C. App. 609 - Clark v. Moore · 92 N.C. App. 331 - Kimmel v. Brett · 46 N.C. App. 521 - Heist v. Heist
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Plaintiff’s charge against defendant was adultery; if the evidence of so serious a charge was not true, the defendant had the opportunity to refute it. Whether the charge was true or not, the falsity of it was peculiarly within defendant’s knowledge. The fact that [he] did not refute the damaging charge made by plaintiff, it may be that this was a silent admission of the charge made against [him].””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Alienation of affections:] In determining the amount of money, if any, that the Plaintiff may recover, you may consider the degree to which the love, affection, society, companionship, comfort, sexual relationship, and favorable mental attitude which existed between the Plaintiff and her spouse has been destroyed or diminished[.] [Criminal conversation:] In determining the amount of money, if any[,] Plaintiff may recover, you may consider the loss by the Plaintiff of the consortium of her spouse. Consortium means the marital fellowship of husband and wife, and the right of each to the company, cooperation, affection, and[/]or aid to the other. Any mental anguish, shame, humiliation or disgrace suffered by the Plaintiff; Any loss of sexual relations between the Plaintiff and her spouse; Any injury to the Plaintiff's reputation; Any loss of support; and Any other adverse effect on the quality of the marital relationship.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“may consider the loss of consortium, mental anguish, humiliation, injury to health, and loss of support[.]”
2 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.