State Supreme Court / N.C.

North Carolina Consumers Power, Inc. v. Duke Power Co.

Decided July 1, 1974. Joseph Branch wrote the opinion for the court.

206 S.E.2d 178 · Cited 134 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.

Town of Tryon v. Duke Power Co. · 22 S.E.2d 450
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
Kilby v. Dowdle · 166 S.E.2d 875
Veazey v. City of Durham · 57 S.E.2d 377
Lide v. Mears · 56 S.E.2d 404
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Roberts · 134 S.E.2d 654
City of Raleigh v. Edwards · 67 S.E.2d 669
Poore v. . Poore · 161 S.E. 532
Cox v. Cox · 98 S.E.2d 879
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance · 1 S.E.2d 381
Newman MacHine Company v. Newman · 166 S.E.2d 63
Shaw v. City of Asheville · 152 S.E.2d 139
Woodard v. Carteret County · 153 S.E.2d 809
Woodward v. Fox West Coast Theaters · 284 P. 350
Kornegay v. City of Raleigh · 152 S.E.2d 186
Hollingsworth GMC Trucks, Inc. v. Smith · 107 S.E.2d 746
Walker v. City of Charlotte · 150 S.E.2d 493
Forrester v. Garrett · 184 S.E.2d 858
Acorn v. JONES KNITTING CORPORATION · 182 S.E.2d 862
In Re Eubanks · 162 S.E. 769
Etheridge v. . Leary · 43 S.E.2d 847
Etheridge v. Leary · 227 N.C. 636

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