State Supreme Court / N.C.

Thompson v. Wake County Board of Education

Decided April 14, 1977. James William Copeland wrote the opinion for the court.

233 S.E.2d 538 · Cited 241 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.

Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474
State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office · 287 N.C. 192
State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau · 292 N.C. 70
Taylor v. Crisp · 212 S.E.2d 381
Underwood v. State Board of Alcoholic Control · 181 S.E.2d 1
Utilities Commission v. . Trucking Co. · 28 S.E.2d 201

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In Re Appeal of McElwee · 283 S.E.2d 115
Taborn v. Hammonds · 350 S.E.2d 880
Henderson v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Social Services · 372 S.E.2d 887
Rainbow Springs Partnership v. County of MacOn · 339 S.E.2d 681
Diamond v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education · 227 N.C. App. 17
Grace Drilling Co. v. Board of Review · 776 P.2d 63
In Re the Appeal of Perry-Griffin Foundation · 424 S.E.2d 212
Crump v. Board of Education · 339 S.E.2d 483
Faulkner v. New Bern-Craven County Board of Education · 316 S.E.2d 281
In re the Appeal from the Environmental Management Commission · 80 N.C. App. 1
King v. North Carolina Environmental Management Commission · 112 N.C. App. 813
Dailey v. North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners · 299 S.E.2d 473
Goodwin v. Goldsboro City Board of Education · 312 S.E.2d 892
In re the Appeal from the Environmental Management Commission · 53 N.C. App. 135
Kurtz v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education · 39 N.C. App. 412
Taborn v. Hammonds · 91 N.C. App. 302
King v. NC ENV. MANAGEMENT COM'N · 436 S.E.2d 865
Matter of Environmental Management Com'n, Etc. · 280 S.E.2d 520
Faulkner v. New Bern-Craven County Board of Education · 65 N.C. App. 483
Matter of Environment. Management Com'n · 341 S.E.2d 588
Overton v. Goldsboro City Board of Education · 51 N.C. App. 303

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