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In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 53 Peoples

Decided December 29, 1978. Susie Sharp wrote the opinion for the court.

250 S.E.2d 890 · Cited 249 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.

In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge Nowell · 237 S.E.2d 246
In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 44, Martin · 245 S.E.2d 766
In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge Hardy · 240 S.E.2d 367
Matter of Edens · 226 S.E.2d 5
State ex rel. Coleman v. Rose · 74 Kan. 262
People Ex Rel. Wallace v. Labrenz · 104 N.E.2d 769
Perry v. Stancil · 75 S.E.2d 512
Silver Surprize, Inc. v. Sunshine Mining Co. · 445 P.2d 334
Elmore v. Lanier · 155 S.E.2d 114
State v. Howell · 486 P.2d 782
Liner v. Jafco, Inc. · 375 U.S. 301
Allen v. Georgia · 166 U.S. 138
Sampsell v. Superior Court · 32 Cal. 2d 763
Ashmore v. Greater Greenville Sewer Dist. · 44 S.E.2d 88
Eudy v. Eudy · 215 S.E.2d 782
Askew v. LEONARD TIRE COMPANY · 141 S.E.2d 280
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 289 N.C. 286
Benvenue Parent-Teacher Ass'n v. Nash County Board of Education · 170 S.E.2d 473
Williamson v. City of High Point · 195 S.E. 90
Meyer v. Strouse · 422 Pa. 136
Purser v. Ledbetter · 227 N.C. 1
People v. Harris · 63 N.E.2d 17
Cuthrell v. . Greene · 50 S.E.2d 525
Gardner v. Gardner · 170 S.E.2d 372
Collins v. Robbins · 84 A.2d 536

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McClure v. County of Jackson · 648 S.E.2d 546
North Carolina State Bar v. Tillett · 369 N.C. 264
Sharpe v. Park Newspapers of Lumberton, Inc. · 347 S.E.2d 25
Simeon v. Hardin · 451 S.E.2d 858
Anderson v. N.C. State Bd. of Elections · 788 S.E.2d 179
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services · 648 S.E.2d 284
Finks v. Middleton · 795 S.E.2d 789
Williams v. AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, INC. · 702 S.E.2d 541
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Stephenson v. Bartlett · 562 S.E.2d 377
Shell Island Homeowners Ass'n v. Tomlinson · 517 S.E.2d 401
Quesinberry v. Quesinberry · 674 S.E.2d 775
Augur v. Augur · 573 S.E.2d 125
Crumpler v. Thornburg · 375 S.E.2d 708
Town of Beech Mountain v. Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc. · 786 S.E.2d 335
In Re Martin · 275 S.E.2d 412
In re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 240, Hayes · 356 N.C. 389
Calabria v. North Carolina State Board of Elections · 680 S.E.2d 738
In re Tucker · 348 N.C. 677
In Re Fienberg · 430 A.2d 1282
Zizzo v. Pender County Board of Education · 623 S.E.2d 331
In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 240 Hayes · 546 S.E.2d 376

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