State Supreme Court / N.C.

Dobson v. Harris

Decided June 16, 2000. Franklin Freeman wrote the opinion for the court.

530 S.E.2d 829 · Cited 290 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.

Ponder v. Cobb · 126 S.E.2d 67
Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · 180 S.E.2d 823
Clark v. Brown · 393 S.E.2d 134
Davis v. Durham City Schools · 372 S.E.2d 318
Singleton v. Stewart · 186 S.E.2d 400
Caldwell v. Deese · 218 S.E.2d 379
Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem · 186 S.E.2d 897
Lowe v. Bradford · 289 S.E.2d 363
Presnell v. Pell · 260 S.E.2d 611
Coleman v. Cooper · 366 S.E.2d 2
Harris v. Walden · 333 S.E.2d 254
Nasco Equipment Co. v. Mason · 229 S.E.2d 278
Huntley v. Potter · 122 S.E.2d 681
Goodman v. Wenco Foods, Inc. · 423 S.E.2d 444
Stewart v. Nation-Wide Check Corporation · 182 S.E.2d 410
Phillips v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education · 450 S.E.2d 753
Styers v. Phillips · 178 S.E.2d 583
Penner v. . Elliott · 33 S.E.2d 124
State v. Mann · 345 S.E.2d 365
Leete v. County of Warren · 462 S.E.2d 476
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Werner Industries, Inc. · 209 S.E.2d 734
In Re Williams · 152 S.E.2d 317
In Re Walker · 191 S.E.2d 702
Kwan-Sa You v. Roe · 387 S.E.2d 188
Towne v. Cope · 233 S.E.2d 624

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