State Supreme Court / N.C.

Waters v. Qualified Personnel, Inc.

Decided January 24, 1978. James G. Exum wrote the opinion for the court.

240 S.E.2d 338 · Cited 248 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.

North Carolina Consumers Power, Inc. v. Duke Power Co. · 206 S.E.2d 178
Hollingsworth GMC Trucks, Inc. v. Smith · 107 S.E.2d 746
Oestreicher v. American National Stores, Inc. · 225 S.E.2d 797
Newton v. Standard Fire Insurance · 229 S.E.2d 297
City of Raleigh v. Edwards · 67 S.E.2d 669
Cox v. Cox · 98 S.E.2d 879
Johnson v. Pilot Life Insurance · 1 S.E.2d 381
Dickey v. Herbin · 108 S.E.2d 632
Funderburk v. Justice · 214 S.E.2d 310
Motyka v. Nappier · 176 S.E.2d 858
Stonestreet v. Compton Motors, Inc. · 197 S.E.2d 579
PIONEER ACOUSTICAL COMPANY INC. v. Cisne and Associates, Inc. · 212 S.E.2d 402
Barrier v. Randolph · 133 S.E.2d 655
Fryar v. Gauldin · 130 S.E.2d 689

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