Sara Lee Corp. v. Carter

Decided October 8, 1999. Robert F. Orr wrote the opinion for the court.

519 S.E.2d 308 · Cited 116 times

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• Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance · 266 S.E.2d 610
• Bhatti v. Buckland · 400 S.E.2d 440
• Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co. · 122 N.E. 378
• United Laboratories, Inc. v. Kuykendall · 370 S.E.2d 375
• Hajmm Co. v. House of Raeford Farms, Inc. · 403 S.E.2d 483
• Hardy v. Toler · 218 S.E.2d 342
• United Virginia Bank v. Air-Lift Associates, Inc. · 339 S.E.2d 90
• Bowen v. Darden · 84 S.E.2d 289
• Hieb v. Lowery · 474 S.E.2d 323
• Poole v. Miller · 464 S.E.2d 409
• Cline v. Cline · 255 S.E.2d 399
• Upchurch v. Hudson Funeral Home, Inc. · 140 S.E.2d 17
• Sheffield v. Consolidated Foods Corp. · 276 S.E.2d 422
• Sara Lee Corp. v. Carter · 500 S.E.2d 732
• Johnson v. Stevenson · 152 S.E.2d 214
• Leatherman v. Leatherman · 256 S.E.2d 793

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