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Wood v. Guilford County

Decided February 1, 2002. Mark D. Martin wrote the opinion for the court.

558 S.E.2d 490 · Cited 242 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.

Braswell v. Braswell · 410 S.E.2d 897
Isenhour v. Hutto · 517 S.E.2d 121
Lovelace v. City of Shelby · 526 S.E.2d 652
Pleasant v. Johnson · 325 S.E.2d 244
Stone v. North Carolina Department of Labor · 495 S.E.2d 711
Southern Railway Co. v. Mecklenburg County · 56 S.E.2d 438
Hunt v. North Carolina Department of Labor · 499 S.E.2d 747
Woodson v. Rowland · 407 S.E.2d 222
Oates v. Jag, Inc. · 333 S.E.2d 222
Lemmerman v. A. T. Williams Oil Co. · 350 S.E.2d 83
Lynn v. Overlook Development · 403 S.E.2d 469
Warner v. Leder · 69 S.E.2d 6
Hicks v. Guilford County · 148 S.E.2d 240
Bryant v. Dougherty · 148 S.E.2d 548
Thompson v. Waters · 526 S.E.2d 650
Mattingly v. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY · 117 S.E.2d 844
Strickland v. King · 239 S.E.2d 243
Jackson v. Bobbitt · 117 S.E.2d 806
Lynn v. Overlook Development · 389 S.E.2d 609
Wood v. Guilford County · 546 S.E.2d 641

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