State Supreme Court / N.C.

Presnell v. Pell

Decided December 4, 1979. James G. Exum wrote the opinion for the court.

260 S.E.2d 611 · Cited 186 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.

Stewart v. Nation-Wide Check Corporation · 182 S.E.2d 410
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
Newton v. Standard Fire Insurance · 229 S.E.2d 297
Still v. Lance · 182 S.E.2d 403
Arnold v. Sharpe · 251 S.E.2d 452
Badame v. Lampke · 89 S.E.2d 466
Lloyd v. Babb · 251 S.E.2d 843
Nantz v. Employment Security Commission · 226 S.E.2d 340
King v. Baldwin · 172 S.E.2d 12
RH Bouligny, Inc. v. United Steelworkers of Amer. · 154 S.E.2d 344
Snow v. North Carolina Board of Architecture · 160 S.E.2d 719
Fields Ex Rel. Fields v. Durham City Board of Education · 111 S.E.2d 910
Sutton v. Figgatt · 185 S.E.2d 97
Elmore v. Lanier · 155 S.E.2d 114
Clary v. Alexander County Board of Education · 203 S.E.2d 820
Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390

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