State Supreme Court / N.C.

Creech v. Melnik

Decided February 6, 1998. Burley B. Mitchell wrote the opinion for the court.

495 S.E.2d 907 · Cited 138 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Snyder v. Freeman · 266 S.E.2d 593
Cunningham v. Brown · 276 S.E.2d 718
Page v. Sloan · 190 S.E.2d 189
Collingwood v. General Electric Real Estate Equities, Inc. · 324 N.C. 63
Caldwell v. Deese · 218 S.E.2d 379
Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem · 186 S.E.2d 897
Marriott Financial Services, Inc. v. Capitol Funds, Inc. · 217 S.E.2d 551
Gaston-Lincoln Transit, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 206 S.E.2d 155
MacKay v. McIntosh · 153 S.E.2d 800
Smith v. Currie · 253 S.E.2d 645
Meachan v. Montgomery County Board of Education · 267 S.E.2d 349
Cheek v. . R. R. · 198 S.E. 626
Tarlton v. Keith · 108 S.E.2d 621
Howell v. Waters · 347 S.E.2d 65
Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Ass'n v. Bland · 121 S.E. 636
Cheek v. Southern Railway Co. · 214 N.C. 152

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