State Supreme Court / N.C.

Rutledge v. Tultex Corp./Kings Yarn

Decided April 5, 1983. Louis B. Meyer wrote the opinion for the court.

301 S.E.2d 359 · Cited 428 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.

Morrison v. Burlington Industries · 282 S.E.2d 458
Hansel v. Sherman Textiles · 283 S.E.2d 101
Booker v. Duke Medical Center · 256 S.E.2d 189
Haynes v. . Feldspar Producing Co. · 22 S.E.2d 275
Smith v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. · 294 S.E.2d 805
Vause v. Vause Farm Equipment Co. · 63 S.E.2d 173
Walston v. Burlington Industries · 285 S.E.2d 822
Walston v. Burlington Industries · 304 N.C. 670
Moore v. JP STEVENS & CO., INC. · 269 S.E.2d 159
McAllister v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board · 69 Cal. 2d 408
Duncan v. City of Charlotte · 66 S.E.2d 22
Pullman Kellogg v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board · 605 P.2d 422
Click v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. · 265 S.E.2d 389
Anderson v. Northwestern Motor Co. · 64 S.E.2d 265
Henry v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. · 57 S.E.2d 760
Stevenson v. City of Durham · 188 S.E.2d 281
Gillikin v. Burbage · 139 S.E.2d 753
Lockwood v. McCaskill · 138 S.E.2d 541
Dean v. Carolina Coach Company, Inc. · 215 S.E.2d 89
Walston v. Burlington Industries · 305 N.C. 296
Thornton Chevrolet, Inc. v. Morgan · 252 S.E.2d 178
Langlais v. Superior Plating, Inc. · 226 N.W.2d 891
Rutledge v. Tultex Corp./Kings Yarn · 289 S.E.2d 72

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