State Supreme Court / N.C.

Frost v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc.

Decided December 21, 2000. Franklin Freeman wrote the opinion for the court.

540 S.E.2d 324 · Cited 54 times

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Crow v. Citicorp Acceptance Co., Inc. · 354 S.E.2d 459
Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders · 437 U.S. 340
Goldston v. American Motors Corp. · 392 S.E.2d 735
Travco Hotels, Inc. v. PIEDMONT NAT. GAS CO., INC. · 420 S.E.2d 426
Wachovia Realty Investments v. Housing, Inc. · 232 S.E.2d 667
Perry v. Cullipher · 318 S.E.2d 354
Dublin v. UCR, Inc. · 444 S.E.2d 455
Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard · 452 U.S. 89
White v. White · 324 S.E.2d 829
Waters v. Qualified Personnel, Inc. · 240 S.E.2d 338
State v. Wilson · 330 S.E.2d 450
Bailey v. Gooding · 270 S.E.2d 431
Little v. Penn Ventilator Co. · 345 S.E.2d 204
Blackwelder v. State Department of Human Resources · 299 S.E.2d 777
Lowder v. All Star Mills, Inc. · 309 S.E.2d 193
Six (6) Mexican Workers v. Arizona Citrus Growers · 641 F. Supp. 259
Maffei v. Alert Cable TV of North Carolina, Inc. · 342 S.E.2d 867
Miller v. Henderson · 322 S.E.2d 594
Gibbons v. CIT GROUP/SALES FINANCING, INC. · 400 S.E.2d 104
Howell v. Howell · 365 S.E.2d 181

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