State Supreme Court / N.C.

Davis v. Dennis Lilly Co.

Decided December 6, 1991. Louis B. Meyer wrote the opinion for the court.

411 S.E.2d 133 · Cited 106 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.

Collingwood v. General Electric Real Estate Equities, Inc. · 324 N.C. 63
Kelly v. International Harvester Company · 179 S.E.2d 396
Rorrer v. Cooke · 329 S.E.2d 355
In Re Housing Authority of City of Salisbury · 70 S.E.2d 500
Robbins v. C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc. · 117 S.E.2d 438
Smith v. VonCannon · 197 S.E.2d 524
Bone International, Inc. v. Brooks · 283 S.E.2d 518
Yates v. Brown · 170 S.E.2d 477
Dixie Container Corp. of North Carolina v. Dale · 160 S.E.2d 708
Lattimore v. Fisher's Food Shoppe, Inc. · 329 S.E.2d 346
Durham Lumber Co. v. Wrenn-Wilson Construction Co. · 107 S.E.2d 538
Snider v. Dickens · 237 S.E.2d 832
Broadway v. Blythe Industries, Inc. · 326 S.E.2d 266
White v. Bowers · 400 S.E.2d 760
Cape Fear Electric Co. v. Star News Newspapers, Inc. · 207 S.E.2d 323
Arnold v. . Arnold · 17 N.C. 467

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