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mere formality rule in North Carolina

26 North Carolina opinions name it 2 courts 1980–2025 12 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by North Carolina courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Coble v. Coblegreen
nc · 1980 · cited in 19 North Carolina opinions naming this issue, 1984–2025
2 sentences

2025The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead “to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.” 300 N.C. 708, 712 , 268 S.E.2d 185, 189 (1980) (quoting Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.

2025The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead “to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.” 300 N.C. 708, 712 , 268 S.E.2d 185, 189 (1980) (quoting Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.

1319
Montgomery v. Montgomerygreen
ncctapp · 1977 · cited in 10 North Carolina opinions naming this issue, 1980–2025
2 sentences

2025The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead “to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.” 300 N.C. 708, 712 , 268 S.E.2d 185, 189 (1980) (quoting Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.

2021The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead “to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.” Coble v. Coble, 300 N.C. 708, 712 , 268 S.E. 2d 185, 189 (1980) (quoting Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.

610
Crosby v. Crosbygreen
nc · 1967 · cited in 6 North Carolina opinions naming this issue, 1980–2021
2 sentences

2015The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead "to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system." Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.App. 154 , 158, 231 S.E.2d 26 , 29 (1977) ; see, e.g., Crosby v. Crosby, 272 N.C. 235 , 158 S.E.2d 77 (1967).

2015The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead "to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system." Montgomery v. Montgomery, 32 N.C.App. 154 , 158, 231 S.E.2d 26 , 29 (1977) ; see, e.g., Crosby v. Crosby, 272 N.C. 235 , 158 S.E.2d 77 (1967).

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Quick v. Quickgreen
· 1982 · cited in 6 North Carolina opinions naming this issue, 1983–2023
2 sentences

2023GROSECLOSE Opinion of the Court Id. (cleaned up).

2020Quick v. Quick, 305 N.C. 446 , 451–52, 290 S.E.2d 653 , 657– 58 (1982) (citations, quotation marks, and ellipses omitted).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in North Carolina. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
In Re O.W. green
ncctapp · 2004
1 sentence

2017App. at 702 , 596 S.E.2d at 853 ; Coble v. Coble , 300 N.C. 708 , 712, 268 S.E.2d 185 , 189 (1980) ("The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is thus not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead 'to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.' " (citation omitted)).

12017–2017
Matter of Green green
ncctapp · 1984
1 sentence

2002App. 501 , 505 n.1, 313 S.E.2d 193 , 195 n.1 (1984) (“The requirement for appropriately detailed findings is . . . not a mere formality or a rule of empty ritual; it is designed instead ‘to dispose of the issues raised by the pleadings and to allow the appellate courts to perform their proper function in the judicial system.’ ” (quoting Coble v. Coble, 300 N.C. 708, 712 , 268 S.E.2d 185, 189 (1980)) (alteration in original)).

12002–2002

Statutes the citing opinions construe

NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1 (13) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.4 (7) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1110 (6) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1001 (5) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-101 (5) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1109 (4) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111 (4) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.2 (4) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.2 (3) NC § N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-901 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

NC 26 (1980–2025) SC 3 (2002–2017)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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