State Supreme Court / N.C.

Williams v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

Decided January 4, 1979. James William Copeland wrote the opinion for the court.

250 S.E.2d 255 · Cited 123 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.

Mintz v. Town of Murphy · 69 S.E.2d 849
Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · 180 S.E.2d 823
Page v. Sloan · 190 S.E.2d 189
Dendy v. Watkins · 219 S.E.2d 214
Bowen v. CONSTRUCTORS EQUIPMENT RENTAL COMPANY · 196 S.E.2d 789
Lewis v. Barnhill · 148 S.E.2d 536
Hall v. Coble Dairies, Inc. · 67 S.E.2d 63
Bogle v. Duke Power Co. · 219 S.E.2d 308
Presnell v. Payne · 157 S.E.2d 601
Alford v. Washington · 92 S.E.2d 788
Battle v. . Cleave · 101 S.E. 555
Davis v. Carolina Power & Light Co. · 76 S.E.2d 378
Williams v. Carolina Power & Light Co. · 243 S.E.2d 143
Pugh v. Tidewater Power Co. · 75 S.E.2d 766
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Woltz · 140 S.E.2d 738

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Taylor v. Walker · 360 S.E.2d 796
McAllister v. Ha · 496 S.E.2d 577
Hale v. Duke Power Co. · 252 S.E.2d 265
Gardner v. Gardner · 435 S.E.2d 324
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Coleman v. Cooper · 366 S.E.2d 2
Glover v. First Union National Bank of North Carolina · 428 S.E.2d 206
Mozingo v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. · 415 S.E.2d 341
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