98 N.C. App. 158 - Cheek v. Poole’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
November 1995
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pembee Mfg. Corp. v. Cape Fear Const. Co., Inc. · Bernick v. Jurden · Black v. Littlejohn · Rorrer v. Cooke · Hodges v. Carter
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a complete defense or legal bar to the non-movant's claim.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the absence of such proof, plaintiff [non-movant is] not required to show anything at the hearing; for in a hearing on a motion for summary judgment[,] the non-movant, unlike a plaintiff at trial, does not have to automatically make out a prima facie case, but only has to refute any showing made that his case is fatally deficient....”
1 later decision 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.