State Supreme Court / N.C.

Harris v. Matthews

Decided May 4, 2007. Paul Martin Newby wrote the opinion for the court.

643 S.E.2d 566 · Cited 116 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.

Atkins v. Walker · 200 S.E.2d 641
Priest v. Sobeck · 571 S.E.2d 75
State v. Haselden · 577 S.E.2d 594
Veazey v. City of Durham · 57 S.E.2d 377
Goldston v. American Motors Corp. · 392 S.E.2d 735
Tubiolo v. Abundant Life Church, Inc. · 605 S.E.2d 161
Dalton v. Camp · 548 S.E.2d 704
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
Dickens v. Puryear · 276 S.E.2d 325
Berkey v. Third Avenue Railway Co. · 155 N.E. 58
DKH CORP. v. Rankin-Patterson Oil Co. · 500 S.E.2d 666
Abyssinia Missionary Baptist Church v. Nixon · 340 So. 2d 746
Muse v. Morrison · 66 S.E.2d 783
Matter of Legg · 386 S.E.2d 174
Taylor v. Gillespie · 311 S.E.2d 362
Libhart v. Copeland · 949 S.W.2d 783
Murphy v. Green · 794 So. 2d 325

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