State v. Ballance

Decided February 4, 1949. Walter P. Stacy wrote the opinion for the court.

229 N.C. 764 · Cited 130 times

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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.

• Spitzer v. . Comrs. · 123 S.E. 636
• Allgeyer v. Louisiana · 165 U.S. 578
• State v. . Harris · 6 S.E.2d 854
• McLean v. Arkansas · 211 U.S. 539
• State v. . Lueders · 200 S.E. 22
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Margiotti v. Lawrence · 193 A. 46
• In Re Applicants for License · 55 S.E. 635
• Baccus v. Louisiana · 232 U.S. 334
• State v. . Revis · 136 S.E. 346
• Dent v. West Virginia · 129 U.S. 114
• Beer Co. v. Massachusetts · 97 U.S. 25
• Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co. · 242 U.S. 539
• Shea v. Olson · 53 P.2d 615
• State v. Cromwell · 9 N.W.2d 914
• Yancey v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission · 22 S.E.2d 256
• Wake Forest v. . Medlin · 154 S.E. 29
• Buehman v. Bechtel · 114 P.2d 227
• Williamson v. . Rabon · 98 S.E. 830
• Moore v. Sutton · 185 Va. 481
• Sullivan v. Decerb · 23 So. 2d 571
• Wright v. Wiles · 117 S.W.2d 736

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• State v. Scoggin · 72 S.E.2d 97
• Howell v. Cooper
• Matter of Montgomery · 316 S.E.2d 246
• Corum v. University of North Carolina · 413 S.E.2d 276
• State v. Tolley · 226 S.E.2d 353
• River Birch Associates v. City of Raleigh · 388 S.E.2d 538
• A-S-P Associates v. City of Raleigh · 258 S.E.2d 444
• Rabon v. Rowan Memorial Hospital Incorporated · 152 S.E.2d 485
• Bulova Watch Co. v. Brand Distributors of North Wilkesboro, Inc. · 206 S.E.2d 141
• Matthews v. State · 148 N.E.2d 334
• In Re: Joseph Lee Moore · 221 S.E.2d 307
• Roller v. Allen · 96 S.E.2d 851
• State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger · 368 N.C. 633
• In Re Certificate of Need for Aston Park Hospital, Inc. · 193 S.E.2d 729
• Wiles v. Welparnel Const. Co., Inc. · 243 S.E.2d 756
• Cheek v. City of Charlotte · 160 S.E.2d 18
• G I Surplus Store, Inc. v. Hunter · 125 S.E.2d 764
• Eason v. Spence · 61 S.E.2d 717
• State v. Smith · 143 S.E.2d 293
• State v. Vestal · 189 S.E.2d 152
• Charles Stores Company v. Tucker · 140 S.E.2d 370
• State v. Anderson · 166 S.E.2d 49
• Standley v. Town of Woodfin · 661 S.E.2d 728
• Horton v. Gulledge · 177 S.E.2d 885

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