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State Ex Rel. North Carolina Milk Commission v. National Food Stores, Inc.

Decided May 24, 1967. I Beverly Lake Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

154 S.E.2d 548 · Cited 96 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.

State Ex Rel. North Carolina Milk Commission v. Galloway · 107 S.E.2d 631
Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1
Federal Trade Commission v. American Tobacco Co. · 264 U.S. 298
Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, Los Angeles Cty. · 284 U.S. 8
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Oklahoma Retail Grocers Assn., Inc. · 360 U.S. 334
State Ex Rel. North Carolina Milk Commission v. Dagenhardt · 134 S.E.2d 361
Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. Turnipseed · 219 U.S. 35
Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram-Distillers Corp. · 299 U.S. 183
Lilly Co. v. . Saunders · 4 S.E.2d 528
State v. . Dowdy · 58 S.E. 1002
Keenan · 310 Mass. 166
Wholesale Tobacco Dealers Bureau of Southern California, Inc. v. National Candy & Tobacco Co. · 11 Cal. 2d 634
People v. Pay Less Drug Store · 25 Cal. 2d 108
Hall v. Coble Dairies, Inc. · 67 S.E.2d 63
Beacon Homes, Inc. v. Holt · 146 S.E.2d 434
D & W, INC. v. City of Charlotte · 151 S.E.2d 241
Patterson v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. · 146 S.E.2d 390
State v. . Barber · 104 S.E. 760
Hearn v. . Erlanger Mills, Inc. · 14 S.E.2d 675
Wells v. . Wells · 44 S.E.2d 31
Wells v. Wells · 227 N.C. 614

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Matter of Banks · 244 S.E.2d 386
Sutton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · 382 S.E.2d 759
Jolly v. Wright · 265 S.E.2d 135
State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office · 294 N.C. 60
Matter of Arthur · 231 S.E.2d 614
State v. Oliver · 470 S.E.2d 16
Smith v. Keator · 206 S.E.2d 203
State v. North Carolina Reinsurance Facility · 302 N.C. 274
State v. Cooke · 155 S.E.2d 165
Board of Provincial Elders of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church v. Jones · 159 S.E.2d 545
Shaw v. U.S. Airways, Inc. · 665 S.E.2d 449
City of Asheville v. State · 665 S.E.2d 103
In Re Estate of Pope · 666 S.E.2d 140
In Re Judicial Review by Arcadia Dairy Farms, Inc. · 223 S.E.2d 323
State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office · 239 S.E.2d 48
State Education Assistance Authority v. Bank of Statesville · 174 S.E.2d 551
Boney Publishers, Inc. v. Burlington City Council · 566 S.E.2d 701
Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Neill · 251 S.E.2d 457
Cole v. Duke Power Co. · 344 S.E.2d 130
Smith v. Keator · 203 S.E.2d 411
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