State Supreme Court / N.C.

Guthrie v. North Carolina State Ports Authority

Decided February 8, 1983. Louis B. Meyer wrote the opinion for the court.

299 S.E.2d 618 · Cited 176 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Great American Insurance Company v. Gold · 118 S.E.2d 792
Nat Harrison Associates, Inc. v. North Carolina State Ports Authority · 185 S.E.2d 793
Turner Ex Rel. Turner v. Gastonia City Board of Education · 109 S.E.2d 211
Teachy v. Coble Dairies, Inc. · 293 S.E.2d 182
Steelman v. City of New Bern · 184 S.E.2d 239
Etheridge v. Graham, Comr. of Agriculture · 188 S.E.2d 551
Maryland Port Administration v. SS American Legend · 453 F. Supp. 584
Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem · 186 S.E.2d 897
Stanley v. Department of Conservation & Development · 199 S.E.2d 641
Mitchell v. North Carolina Industrial Development Financing Authority · 273 N.C. 137
Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Powell · 8 S.E.2d 619
Floyd v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission · 85 S.E.2d 703
O & B, Inc. v. Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. Commission · 369 A.2d 553
Nello L. Teer Co. v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 143 S.E.2d 247
Davis v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 156 S.E.2d 685
Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. Wilson County Board of Education · 111 S.E.2d 844
Greene v. Mitchell County Board of Education · 75 S.E.2d 129
Alliance Company v. State Hospital at Butner · 85 S.E.2d 386
Foster v. North Carolina Medical Care Commission · 195 S.E.2d 517
Lyon & Sons, Inc. v. N. C. State Board of Education · 76 S.E.2d 553
Ivey v. North Carolina Prison Department · 114 S.E.2d 812
Williams v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 114 S.E.2d 782
Ferrell v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 115 S.E.2d 34
Duke v. State ex rel. Shaw · 247 N.C. 236
Bundy v. Ayscue · 169 S.E.2d 87

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North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Board of Trustees · 691 S.E.2d 694
North Carolina Department of Transportation v. Davenport · 432 S.E.2d 303
Meyer v. Walls · 489 S.E.2d 880
Woolard v. North Carolina Department of Transportation · 377 S.E.2d 267
Irving v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 368 N.C. 609
Rifenburg Construction, Inc. v. Brier Creek Associates Ltd. Partnership · 586 S.E.2d 812
State v. Philip Morris USA, Inc. · 666 S.E.2d 783
Harding v. North Carolina Department of Correction · 113 PA 93
Norton v. SMC Building, Inc. · 577 S.E.2d 310
Columbus County Auto Auction, Inc. v. Aycock Auction Co. · 368 S.E.2d 888
Whitfield v. Gilchrist · 497 S.E.2d 412
Green Ex Rel. Crudup v. Kearney · 690 S.E.2d 755
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