State Court of Appeals / N.C. Ct. App.

Privette v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Decided November 7, 1989. K Edward Greene wrote the opinion for the court.

385 S.E.2d 185 · Cited 91 times

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Jackson v. Bumgardner · 347 S.E.2d 743
Lloyd v. Babb · 251 S.E.2d 843
Smith v. Ford Motor Co. · 221 S.E.2d 282
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle · 429 U.S. 274
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
United Laboratories, Inc. v. Kuykendall · 370 S.E.2d 375
Smith v. State · 222 S.E.2d 412
Presnell v. Pell · 260 S.E.2d 611
Walker v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. · 335 S.E.2d 79
Harris v. Duke Power Co. · 356 S.E.2d 357
Jones v. City of Greensboro · 277 S.E.2d 562
McLaughlin v. Barclays American Corp. · 382 S.E.2d 836
Harwood v. Johnson · 374 S.E.2d 401
Rosby v. General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Inc. · 370 S.E.2d 605
State v. Sanders · 381 S.E.2d 827
Phelps v. Washburn University of Topeka · 632 F. Supp. 455

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