Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem

Decided March 15, 1972. Joseph Branch wrote the opinion for the court.

186 S.E.2d 897 · Cited 235 times

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• Brown v. City of Sioux · 242 Iowa 1196
• McCombs v. City of Asheboro · 170 S.E.2d 169
• Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · 180 S.E.2d 823
• Barker v. City of Santa Fe · 136 P.2d 480
• Hahn v. City of Ortonville · 238 Minn. 428
• Steelman v. City of New Bern · 184 S.E.2d 239
• Glenn Ex Rel. Glenn v. City of Raleigh · 98 S.E.2d 913
• Marshall v. Town of Brattleboro · 160 A.2d 762
• James Ex Rel. James v. City of Charlotte · 112 S.E. 423
• Singletary v. Nixon · 80 S.E.2d 676
• Broome v. City of Charlotte · 182 S.E. 325
• Moody v. Transylvania County · 156 S.E.2d 716
• Stephenson v. City of Raleigh · 59 S.E.2d 195
• Beard v. City & County of San Francisco · 79 Cal. App. 2d 753
• Shaw v. City of Asheville · 152 S.E.2d 139
• Snider v. City of High Point · 85 S.E. 15
• Schultz v. City of Phoenix · 18 Ariz. 35
• Gorman v. Adams · 143 N.W.2d 648
• Griffin v. Salt Lake City · 176 P.2d 156
• Murphy Ex Rel. Murphy v. City of Carlsbad · 348 P.2d 492
• Watkins v. City of Toccoa · 55 Ga. App. 8
• Lee v. Poston · 64 S.E.2d 835
• Smith v. City of Birmingham · 121 So. 2d 867
• Singleton v. Stewart · 186 S.E.2d 400
• Atkins v. . Transportation Co. · 32 S.E.2d 209

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