State Supreme Court / N.C.

Smith v. State

Decided March 2, 1976. Susie Sharp wrote the opinion for the court.

222 S.E.2d 412 · Cited 293 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.

Steelman v. City of New Bern · 184 S.E.2d 239
P, T & L Construction Co. v. Commissioner, Department of Transportation · 262 A.2d 195
Coats v. Sampson County Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 141 S.E.2d 490
Grant Construction Co. v. Burns · 443 P.2d 1005
Ace Flying Service, Inc. v. Colorado Department of Agriculture · 314 P.2d 278
State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utilities Commission v. Old Fort Finishing Plant · 142 S.E.2d 8
Sutton v. Duke · 176 S.E.2d 161
Schloss v. State Highway & Public Works Commission · 53 S.E.2d 517
Pharr v. Garibaldi · 115 S.E.2d 18
Lyon & Sons, Inc. v. N. C. State Board of Education · 76 S.E.2d 553
Lewis v. White · 216 S.E.2d 134
Smith v. Hefner · 68 S.E.2d 783
Souza & McCue Construction Co. v. Superior Court · 57 Cal. 2d 508
Kersten Co., Inc. v. Department of Social Services · 207 N.W.2d 117
Vs DiCARLO CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. State · 485 S.W.2d 52
George & Lynch, Inc. v. State · 197 A.2d 734
North Carolina Consumers Power, Inc. v. Duke Power Co. · 206 S.E.2d 178
Great American Insurance Company v. Gold · 118 S.E.2d 792
Fitzgerald v. Palmer · 219 A.2d 512
Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Powell · 8 S.E.2d 619
State Ex Rel. Buckwalter v. City of Lakeland · 150 So. 508
Shingleton v. State · 133 S.E.2d 183
Floyd v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission · 85 S.E.2d 703
Orange County v. Heath · 192 S.E.2d 308
Nello L. Teer Co. v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 143 S.E.2d 247

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MacDonald v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 263 S.E.2d 578
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Frazier v. North Carolina Cent. University, ex rel. University of North Carolina · 779 S.E.2d 515
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