97 N.C. App. 652 - Hatcher v. Rose’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bolick v. American Barmag Corp. · Smithwick v. . Whitley · Barbour v. Carteret County
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.
“[The statute] only prohibits prepayment penalties on certain home loans; it does not address the issue of prepayment of the loan itself. If the General Assembly ... intended to amend the common law regarding prepayment of loans where the loan agreement is silent, they could have used the straightforward and unequivocal language subsequently enacted____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A borrower may prepay a loan in whole or in part without penalty where the 'loan instrument does not explicitly state the borrower’s rights with respect to prepayment or where the provisions for prepayment are not in accordance with law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hatcher v. Rose
How this case has been treated — in progress
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