State Supreme Court / N.C.

Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance

Decided June 3, 1980. David M. Britt wrote the opinion for the court.

266 S.E.2d 610 · Cited 302 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.

Federal Trade Commission v. Sperry & Hutchinson Co. · 405 U.S. 233
Ragsdale v. Kennedy · 209 S.E.2d 494
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States · 371 U.S. 296
Hardy v. Toler · 218 S.E.2d 342
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
Welton v. Missouri · 91 U.S. 275
Page v. Sloan · 190 S.E.2d 189
Commonwealth v. DeCotis · 316 N.E.2d 748
State v. Bell · 208 S.E.2d 506
Mangum v. Surles · 187 S.E.2d 697
State Ex Rel. Edmisten v. J. C. Penney Co. · 233 S.E.2d 895
Odom v. Little Rock & I-85 Corp. · 261 S.E.2d 99
Myrtle Apartments, Inc. v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. · 127 S.E.2d 759
Pierce v. American Fidelity Fire Insurance Co. · 83 S.E.2d 493
Vincent v. Corbett · 94 S.E.2d 329
Lester v. McLean · 87 S.E.2d 886
Caldwell v. Deese · 218 S.E.2d 379
Goldman v. Kossove · 117 S.E.2d 35

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