State Supreme Court / N.C.

Foster v. Winston-Salem Joint Venture

Decided August 17, 1981. James William Copeland wrote the opinion for the court.

281 S.E.2d 36 · Cited 92 times

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Taylor v. Centennial Bowl, Inc. · 416 P.2d 793
Caldwell v. Deese · 218 S.E.2d 379
Cornpropst v. Sloan · 528 S.W.2d 188
Moore v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. · 251 S.E.2d 419
Manganello v. Permastone, Inc. · 231 S.E.2d 678
Williams v. Carolina Power & Light Co. · 250 S.E.2d 255
McNair v. Boyette · 192 S.E.2d 457
Hotel Corp. v. Taylor and Fletcher v. Foremans, Inc. · 271 S.E.2d 54
Wegner v. Delly-Land Delicatessen, Inc. · 153 S.E.2d 804
Johnson v. Lamb · 161 S.E.2d 131
Morgan v. Bucks Associates · 428 F. Supp. 546
Husketh v. Convenient Systems, Inc. · 245 S.E.2d 507
Long v. National Food Stores, Inc. · 136 S.E.2d 275
Aaser v. City of Charlotte · 144 S.E.2d 610
Williams v. Mickens · 100 S.E.2d 511
Ross v. Atlantic Greyhound Corp. · 25 S.E.2d 852
Game v. CHARLES STORES CO. INC. · 151 S.E.2d 560
Ellis v. Safeway Stores, Inc. · 410 A.2d 1381
Davis v. Allied Supermarkets, Inc. · 547 P.2d 963

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