State Supreme Court / N.C.

State v. . Ballance

Decided February 4, 1949. Samuel James Ervin Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

51 S.E.2d 731 · Cited 127 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.

Spitzer v. . Comrs. · 123 S.E. 636
State v. . Harris · 6 S.E.2d 854
Allgeyer v. Louisiana · 165 U.S. 578
Buehman v. Bechtel · 114 P.2d 227
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Margiotti v. Lawrence · 193 A. 46
In Re Applicants for License · 55 S.E. 635
State v. Cromwell · 9 N.W.2d 914
Yancey v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission · 22 S.E.2d 256
Sullivan v. Decerb · 23 So. 2d 571
Wright v. Wiles · 117 S.W.2d 736
Wake Forest v. . Medlin · 154 S.E. 29
State v. . Mitchell · 7 S.E.2d 567
Clinton v. . Ross · 40 S.E.2d 593
Williamson v. . Rabon · 98 S.E. 830
Moore v. Sutton · 185 Va. 481

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