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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Coble v. Coblegreen2 sentences2025The 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. | 13 | 19 |
Montgomery v. Montgomerygreen2 sentences2025The 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. | 6 | 10 |
Crosby v. Crosbygreen2 sentences2015The 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). | 3 | 6 |
Quick v. Quickgreen2 sentences2023GROSECLOSE 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). | 2 | 6 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in North Carolina. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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In Re O.W.
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1 sentence2017App. 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)). | 1 | 2017–2017 |
Matter of Green
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1 sentence2002App. 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)). | 1 | 2002–2002 |
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.
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.