North Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 1981

State v. Murvin
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 289
Docket Number: 13

State v. Atkins
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 296
Docket Number: 14

State v. Barnette
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 298
Docket Number: 15

In Re Annexation Ordinance No. 300-X
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 470
Docket Number: 18

State v. Fearing
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 479
Docket Number: 27

State v. Fearing
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 487
Docket Number: 28

State v. Duvall
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 495
Docket Number: 29

State v. Locklear
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 500
Docket Number: 32

State v. Gerald
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 312
Docket Number: 33

State v. Williams
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 437
Docket Number: 4

Rosenstein v. Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 504
Docket Number: 45

Great Southern Media v. McDOWELL CTY.
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 457
Docket Number: 7

State v. Galloway
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 509
Docket Number: 72

Edwards v. Akion
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 518
Docket Number: 94

Cox v. Haworth
Date: December 1, 1981
Citation: 284 S.E.2d 322
Docket Number: 99

State v. Sturdivant
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 719
Docket Number: 1

State v. Taylor
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 761
Docket Number: 108

Norman v. Banasik
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 489
Docket Number: 19

State v. Rook
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 732
Docket Number: 2

Falls v. Falls
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 285 S.E.2d 831

Humphries v. CONE MILLS CORPORATION
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 285 S.E.2d 832

Gillespie v. DeWitt
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 285 S.E.2d 832

Preston v. Thompson
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 285 S.E.2d 833

Ziglar v. EI DuPONT De NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 285 S.E.2d 838

State v. Jones
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 483
Docket Number: 31

State v. McCoy
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 788
Docket Number: 34

Overton v. GOLDSBORO CITY BD. OF EDUCATION
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 495
Docket Number: 38

State v. Wright
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 502
Docket Number: 39

Shugar v. Guill
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 507
Docket Number: 44

State v. Rick
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 512
Docket Number: 46

BONE INTERN., INC. v. Brooks
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 518
Docket Number: 53

State v. Artis
Date: November 3, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 522
Docket Number: 63

Hill v. Pinelawn Memorial Park, Inc.
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 779
Docket Number: 10

Hansel v. Sherman Textiles
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 101
Docket Number: 107

Holt v. Holt
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 784
Docket Number: 113

Morrison v. Burlington Industries
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 458
Docket Number: 114

State v. Misenheimer
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 791
Docket Number: 117

APPEAL OF McELWEE
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 115
Docket Number: 118

State v. Marshall
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 422
Docket Number: 12

Rental Towel & Uniform Serv. v. Bynum Intern.
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 426
Docket Number: 20

State v. Searles
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 430
Docket Number: 21

State v. Cooper
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 436
Docket Number: 25

State v. Irwin
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 439
Docket Number: 26

State v. Poplin
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 420
Docket Number: 3

Beatty v. HB Owsley & Sons, Inc.
Date: October 6, 1981
Citations: 285 S.E.2d 95, 304 N.C. 192

State v. Chambers
Date: October 6, 1981
Citations: 285 S.E.2d 103, 304 N.C. 197

State v. Sellars
Date: October 6, 1981
Citations: 285 S.E.2d 108, 304 N.C. 200

Western Auto Supply Company v. Vick
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 283 S.E.2d 101
Docket Number: 77

State v. Silva
Date: October 6, 1981
Citation: 282 S.E.2d 449
Docket Number: 84

State v. Porter
Date: August 31, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 377
Docket Number: 129

Abbott v. HIGHLANDS
Date: August 31, 1981
Citations: 283 S.E.2d 136, 303 N.C. 710

Oxendine v. CATAWBA COUNTY DEPT. OF SOC. SERVICES
Date: August 31, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 370
Docket Number: 71

State Ex Rel. Ingram v. Reserve Ins. Co.
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 16
Docket Number: 113

Brooks v. McWhirter Grading Co., Inc.
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 24
Docket Number: 119

Foster v. Winston-Salem Joint Venture
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 36
Docket Number: 124

Kent v. Humphries
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 43
Docket Number: 125

In Re Clark
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 47
Docket Number: 136

Maddox v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co.
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 280 S.E.2d 907
Docket Number: 18

State v. Rinck
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 280 S.E.2d 912
Docket Number: 45

State v. Ludlum
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 159
Docket Number: 75

Crumpton v. Mitchell
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 1
Docket Number: 85

State v. Sanders
Date: August 17, 1981
Citation: 281 S.E.2d 7
Docket Number: 97

State v. Norris
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 570
Docket Number: 106

State v. Gibbons
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 574
Docket Number: 107

PELHAM RLTY. CORP. v. Board of Transp.
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 826
Docket Number: 120

State v. Watson
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 580
Docket Number: 121

Mazzacco v. Purcell
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 583
Docket Number: 128

State v. Graham
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 588
Docket Number: 130

State v. Jones
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 835
Docket Number: 131

State v. Williams
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 592
Docket Number: 132

Lynch v. Lynch
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 840
Docket Number: 137

State v. Simpson
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 542
Docket Number: 20

State v. Norwood
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 550
Docket Number: 27

Town of Sylva v. Gibson
Date: July 8, 1981
Citations: 281 S.E.2d 659, 303 N.C. 319

Norwood v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 559
Docket Number: 57

Matter of Will of Lamb
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 781
Docket Number: 63

In Re Foreclosure of Deed of Trust, Etc.
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 566
Docket Number: 74

State v. Hutchins
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 788
Docket Number: 80

Great American Ins. Co. v. CG Tate Const.
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 769
Docket Number: 9

BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCH. v. Shaver Partnership
Date: July 8, 1981
Citation: 279 S.E.2d 816
Docket Number: 94

Cromer v. Cromer
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 518
Docket Number: 114

Easter v. Lexington Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 253
Docket Number: 116

State v. Oxendine
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 200
Docket Number: 16

State v. Freeman
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 207
Docket Number: 17

Pigott v. City of Wilmington
Date: June 2, 1981
Citations: 280 S.E.2d 453, 303 N.C. 180

State v. Bass
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 209
Docket Number: 35

State v. Martin
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 214
Docket Number: 36

State v. Corn
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 221
Docket Number: 46

In Re Annexation Ordinance, Etc.
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 224
Docket Number: 47

Wilhite v. Liberty Veneer Co.
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 234
Docket Number: 53

Spinks v. Taylor
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 501
Docket Number: 61

FIRST NAT. BANK OF ANSON CTY. v. Nationwide Ins.
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 507
Docket Number: 70

State v. Anderson
Date: June 2, 1981
Citation: 278 S.E.2d 238
Docket Number: 84

Bigelow v. Johnson
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 347
Docket Number: 1

State v. Thompson
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 431
Docket Number: 101

State v. Williams
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 434
Docket Number: 103

State v. Albert
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 439
Docket Number: 104

Western Auto Supply Co. v. Vick
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 360
Docket Number: 11

State v. Cox
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 376
Docket Number: 14

State v. Batts
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 385
Docket Number: 22

State v. Bracey
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 390
Docket Number: 24

State v. Smith
Date: May 5, 1981
Citations: 280 S.E.2d 448, 302 N.C. 632

State v. Adcox
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 398
Docket Number: 38

State v. Odom
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 352
Docket Number: 4

Matter of North Carolina Inheritance Taxes
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 403
Docket Number: 52

Williford v. Williford
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 515
Docket Number: 64

Matter of Register
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 356
Docket Number: 7

State v. Parton
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 410
Docket Number: 81

State v. McCoy
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 515
Docket Number: 88

Thornburg v. Lancaster
Date: May 5, 1981
Citation: 277 S.E.2d 423
Docket Number: 90

Lynch v. Lynch
Date: April 8, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 212
Docket Number: 90

State v. Dawson
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 348
Docket Number: 12

State v. Boone
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 354
Docket Number: 15

State v. Simpson
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 361
Docket Number: 19

State v. Loren
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 365
Docket Number: 21

State v. Voncannon
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 370
Docket Number: 29

State v. Hamlette
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 338
Docket Number: 3

SJ GROVES & SONS & COMPANY v. State
Date: April 7, 1981
Citations: 279 S.E.2d 353, 302 N.C. 396

Samuel v. Simmons
Date: April 7, 1981
Citations: 279 S.E.2d 352, 302 N.C. 399

State v. Allen
Date: April 7, 1981
Citations: 279 S.E.2d 353, 302 N.C. 399

State v. Spicer
Date: April 7, 1981
Citations: 279 S.E.2d 356, 302 N.C. 401

State v. Neville
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 373
Docket Number: 32

State v. Burney
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 693
Docket Number: 48

Outer Banks Contractors, Inc. v. Forbes
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 375
Docket Number: 50

Hamlin v. Hamlin
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 381
Docket Number: 55

State v. Pilkington
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 389
Docket Number: 65

Marshall v. Miller
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 397
Docket Number: 72

Appeal of North Carolina S & L League
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 404
Docket Number: 82

State v. Miller
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 417
Docket Number: 87

State v. Avery
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 699
Docket Number: 89

Sheffield v. Consolidated Foods Corp.
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 422
Docket Number: 91

Porsh Builders, Inc. v. City of Winston-Salem
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 443
Docket Number: 96

State v. Freeman
Date: April 7, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 450
Docket Number: 99

Dickens v. Puryear
Date: April 6, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 325
Docket Number: 86

State v. Lipfird
Date: March 11, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 161

State v. Davis
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 491
Docket Number: 100

Peebles v. Moore
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 833
Docket Number: 13

In Re Martin
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 412
Docket Number: 26

Burton v. New Hanover County Zoning Board of Adjustment
Date: March 4, 1981
Citations: 276 S.E.2d 914, 301 N.C. 217

Howell v. Fisher
Date: March 4, 1981
Citations: 277 S.E.2d 69, 302 N.C. 218

State v. Hawkins
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 172
Docket Number: 39

Matter of Will of Ridge
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 424
Docket Number: 49

State Ex Rel. Hunt v. NC REINSURANCE FAC.
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 399
Docket Number: 5

State v. Young
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 429
Docket Number: 54

State v. Lucas
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 433
Docket Number: 67

Stam v. State
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 439
Docket Number: 79

Chateau X, Inc. v. State
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 443
Docket Number: 83

State v. Silhan
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 450
Docket Number: 93

Graves v. Walston
Date: March 4, 1981
Citation: 275 S.E.2d 485
Docket Number: 95

West v. GD Reddick, Inc.
Date: February 3, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 221
Docket Number: 125

State v. Edwards
Date: February 2, 1981
Citations: 276 S.E.2d 289, 301 N.C. 724

Brenner v. Little Red Sch. House, Ltd.
Date: February 2, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 206
Docket Number: 46

Terry v. Terry
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 674
Docket Number: 105

Maybank v. SS Kresge Co.
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 681
Docket Number: 109

State v. Culpepper
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 686
Docket Number: 111

State v. Squire
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 688
Docket Number: 115

State v. Harren
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 694
Docket Number: 120

State v. Wright
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 699
Docket Number: 121

Peeler v. State Highway Commission
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 705
Docket Number: 126

State v. Felmet
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 708
Docket Number: 129

Matter of Estate of Kirkman
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 712
Docket Number: 131

State v. Milby
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 716
Docket Number: 134

State v. Tann
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 720
Docket Number: 141

Oliver v. Roberts
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 276 S.E.2d 283

Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Hall
Date: January 27, 1981
Citations: 276 S.E.2d 283, 301 N.C. 720

Lovell v. Rowan Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 170
Docket Number: 35

State v. Edmondson
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 659
Docket Number: 57

JT Hobby & Son, Inc. v. FAMILY HOMES, ETC.
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 174
Docket Number: 72

State v. Oliver
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 183
Docket Number: 78

State v. Elam
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 661
Docket Number: 86

State v. Jackson
Date: January 27, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 666
Docket Number: 98

Taylor v. Bailey
Date: January 13, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 235

Stroupe v. Stroupe
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 434
Docket Number: 103

Munchak Corp. v. Caldwell
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 281
Docket Number: 107

Potts v. Burnette
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 285
Docket Number: 108

State v. Maines
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 289
Docket Number: 118

Matter of Moore
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 826
Docket Number: 12

Forbis v. Honeycutt
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 240
Docket Number: 122

State v. Hammonds
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 856
Docket Number: 123

State v. Fletcher
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 859
Docket Number: 138

State v. Greenwood
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 438
Docket Number: 152

In Re Brownlee
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 861
Docket Number: 159

Lowder v. All Star Mills, Inc.
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 247

Feibus & Company, Inc. v. Godley Construction Company
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 228

Flippin v. Jarrell
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 228

HE MOODY v. Town of Carrboro
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 274 S.E.2d 230

AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Ingram
Date: January 6, 1981
Citations: 274 S.E.2d 227, 301 N.C. 401

Colson v. Shaw
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 243
Docket Number: 36

In Re Smith
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 834
Docket Number: 38

State v. Summitt
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 425
Docket Number: 41

State Ex Rel. Utilities Com'n v. BIRD OIL
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 232
Docket Number: 50

State v. Billups
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 842
Docket Number: 63

State v. Smith
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 272 S.E.2d 852
Docket Number: 85

State v. Pruitt
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 264
Docket Number: 87

Hice v. Hi-Mil, Inc.
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 268
Docket Number: 89

State v. Temple
Date: January 6, 1981
Citation: 273 S.E.2d 273
Docket Number: 96

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