Topic: an abuse of discretion is a decision manifestly unsupported… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 47 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Briley v. Farabow.

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1 Briley v. Farabow Anchor
nc · 1998
green “an abuse of discretion is a decision manifestly unsupported by reason or one so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.” 22
2 Briley v. Farabow
nc · 1998
green “manifestly unsupported by reason or one so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.” 18
3 Moore v. Proper
nc · 2012
green “when a trial court's determination relies on statutory interpretation, our review is de novo because those matters of statutory interpretation necessarily present questions of law.” 7

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