Smith Chapel Baptist Church v. City of Durham

Decided August 20, 1999. George L. Wainwright Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

350 N.C. 805 · Cited 51 times

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• Homebuilders Ass'n of Charlotte, Inc. v. City of Charlotte · 442 S.E.2d 45
• Town of Spring Hope v. Bissette · 287 S.E.2d 851
• Town of Spring Hope v. Bissette · 280 S.E.2d 490
• Lemons v. Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. · 367 S.E.2d 655
• Dunn v. Pacific Employers Insurance · 418 S.E.2d 645
• State Ex Rel. Cobey v. Simpson · 423 S.E.2d 759
• Allgood v. Wilmington Savings & Trust Company · 88 S.E.2d 825
• State v. Dellinger · 468 S.E.2d 218
• Conrad v. Evans · 269 Wis. 387
• Ridley v. JIM WALTER CORPORATION · 158 S.E.2d 869
• Smith Chapel Baptist Church v. City of Durham · 502 S.E.2d 364

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• Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Laurinburg · 606 S.E.2d 721
• Lanvale Properties, LLC v. County of Cabarrus · 366 N.C. 142
• King v. Town of Chapel Hill · 227 N.C. App. 545
• Cedar Greene, LLC v. City of Charlotte · 222 N.C. App. 1
• City of Gainesville v. STATE, DOT · 778 So. 2d 519
• Ray v. North Carolina Department of Transportation · 366 N.C. 1
• Wells v. Consolidated Judicial Retirement System · 553 S.E.2d 877
• King v. Town of Chapel Hill · 367 N.C. 400
• In re R.L.C. · 361 N.C. 287
• City of Asheville v. State · 665 S.E.2d 103
• Irving v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education · 368 N.C. 609
• Brown v. Brown · 539 S.E.2d 621
• Asheville Sports Properties, LLC v. City of Asheville · 683 S.E.2d 217
• Daily Express, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Crime Control & Public Safety · 671 S.E.2d 587
• Jones v. Whimper · 218 N.C. App. 533
• In Re RLC · 643 S.E.2d 920
• SMITH CHAPEL BAPTIST v. City of Durham · 517 S.E.2d 874
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