State Supreme Court / N.C.

Fowler v. Valencourt

Decided July 30, 1993. Sarah E. Parker wrote the opinion for the court.

435 S.E.2d 530 · Cited 93 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.

Mobley v. Broome · 102 S.E.2d 407
Evans v. Chipps · 287 S.E.2d 426
Jones v. City of Greensboro · 277 S.E.2d 562
Brown v. . R. R. · 123 S.E. 633
Trustees of Rowan Technical College v. J. Hyatt Hammond Associates Inc. · 328 S.E.2d 274
Owens v. Okure · 488 U.S. 235
Electric Supply Co. of Durham, Inc. v. Swain Electrical Co. · 403 S.E.2d 291
Hayes v. Ricard · 93 S.E.2d 540
Dickens v. Puryear · 276 S.E.2d 325
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten · 232 S.E.2d 184
National Food Stores v. North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control · 151 S.E.2d 582
Seders v. Powell, Comr. of Motor Vehicles · 259 S.E.2d 544
Holley v. Coggin Pontiac, Inc. · 259 S.E.2d 1
Mason v. A. E. Nelson Cotton Co. · 62 S.E. 625
MacDonald v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 263 S.E.2d 578
Cox v. Haworth · 284 S.E.2d 322
Hales v. McCrory-McLellan Corporation · 133 S.E.2d 225
Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Neill · 251 S.E.2d 457
Fowler v. Valencourt · 423 S.E.2d 785

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