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

Shell Island Homeowners Ass'n v. Tomlinson

Decided July 20, 1999. John C. Martin wrote the opinion for the court.

517 S.E.2d 406 · Cited 73 times

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Huang v. North Carolina State University · 421 S.E.2d 812
Bryant v. Hogarth · 488 S.E.2d 269
Meads v. North Carolina Department of Agriculture · 509 S.E.2d 165
Convent of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chestnut Hill v. City of Winston-Salem · 90 S.E.2d 879
Carolina Medicorp, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of North Carolina Teachers' & State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan · 456 S.E.2d 116
Town of Beech Mountain v. County of Watauga · 370 S.E.2d 453
Harris v. NCNB National Bank of North Carolina · 355 S.E.2d 838
Burgess v. Your House of Raleigh, Inc. · 388 S.E.2d 134
Presnell v. Pell · 260 S.E.2d 611
Harris v. Pembaur · 353 S.E.2d 673
Long v. City of Charlotte · 293 S.E.2d 101
Bailey v. State · 500 S.E.2d 54
Great American Insurance Company v. Gold · 118 S.E.2d 792
Brooks v. Hackney · 404 S.E.2d 854
In Re the Appeal of Martin · 209 S.E.2d 766
Forbis v. Honeycutt · 273 S.E.2d 240
Johnston v. Gaston County · 323 S.E.2d 381
JWL Investments, Inc. v. Guilford County Board of Adjustment · 515 S.E.2d 715
Schloss Outdoor Advertising Co. v. City of Charlotte · 272 S.E.2d 920
Redevelopment Com'n of Greenville v. Hannaford · 222 S.E.2d 752
Carolina Beach Fishing Pier, Inc. v. Town of Carolina Beach · 177 S.E.2d 513
Shell Island Homeowners Ass'n v. Tomlinson · 517 S.E.2d 401
Guilford County Department of Emergency Services v. Seaboard Chemical Corp. · 441 S.E.2d 177
Isenhour v. Hutto · 501 S.E.2d 78

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