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The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of North Carolina on UpLaw — 2,331 decisions from 1819–2019, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

State v. Odom 307 N.C. 655 · cited by 471
Sutton v. Duke 277 N.C. 94 · cited by 393
In Re the Appeal From the Civil Penalty 324 N.C. 373 · cited by 358
State v. Smith 300 N.C. 71 · cited by 338
Veazey v. City of Durham 231 N.C. 357 · cited by 323
Hilliard v. Apex Cabinet Co. 305 N.C. 593 · cited by 322
State v. Lawrence 365 N.C. 506 · cited by 319
Matter of Montgomery 311 N.C. 101 · cited by 287
State v. Powell 299 N.C. 95 · cited by 286
Koufman v. Koufman 330 N.C. 93 · cited by 283
Dalton v. Camp 353 N.C. 647 · cited by 276
White v. White 312 N.C. 770 · cited by 264
Forbis v. Neal 361 N.C. 519 · cited by 245
State v. Cooke 306 N.C. 132 · cited by 237
Adams v. AVX Corp. 349 N.C. 676 · cited by 237
State v. Fritsch 351 N.C. 373 · cited by 236
Stanback v. Stanback 297 N.C. 181 · cited by 234
State v. Braswell 312 N.C. 553 · cited by 222
Click v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. 300 N.C. 164 · cited by 217
Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation 278 N.C. 523 · cited by 215
In Re the Will of Jones 362 N.C. 569 · cited by 209
State v. Hennis 323 N.C. 279 · cited by 205
Dogwood Development & Management Co. LLC v. White Oak Transport Co. 362 N.C. 191 · cited by 204
Ragsdale v. Kennedy 286 N.C. 130 · cited by 202
State v. Earnhardt 307 N.C. 62 · cited by 197
Rutledge v. Tultex Corp./Kings Yarn 308 N.C. 85 · cited by 190
Matter of Ballard 311 N.C. 708 · cited by 187
Corum v. University of North Carolina 330 N.C. 761 · cited by 185
Dickens v. Puryear 302 N.C. 437 · cited by 180
Booker v. Duke Medical Center 297 N.C. 458 · cited by 180
State v. Williams 362 N.C. 628 · cited by 180
Young v. Hickory Business Furniture 353 N.C. 227 · cited by 177
Viar v. North Carolina Department of Transportation 359 N.C. 400 · cited by 175
State v. Coffey 326 N.C. 268 · cited by 171
State v. Rose 339 N.C. 172 · cited by 164
Marshall v. Miller 302 N.C. 539 · cited by 161
State v. Harvey 281 N.C. 1 · cited by 159
Holley v. Acts, Inc. 357 N.C. 228 · cited by 156
State v. McClain 240 N.C. 171 · cited by 151
United Laboratories, Inc. v. Kuykendall 322 N.C. 643 · cited by 149
State v. Brown 310 N.C. 563 · cited by 148
Peoples v. Cone Mills Corp. 316 N.C. 426 · cited by 146
Turner v. Duke University 325 N.C. 152 · cited by 143
Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance 300 N.C. 247 · cited by 140
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Westchester Fire Insurance 276 N.C. 348 · cited by 138
In Re Young 346 N.C. 244 · cited by 137
Bolkhir v. North Carolina State University 321 N.C. 706 · cited by 137
Quick v. Quick 305 N.C. 446 · cited by 136
Deese v. Champion International Corp. 352 N.C. 109 · cited by 136
Howerton v. Arai Helmet, Ltd. 358 N.C. 440 · cited by 135
State v. Ahearn 307 N.C. 584 · cited by 135
Barger v. McCoy Hillard & Parks 346 N.C. 650 · cited by 134
Boudreau v. Baughman 322 N.C. 331 · cited by 132
Meyer v. Walls 347 N.C. 97 · cited by 128
State v. Golphin 352 N.C. 364 · cited by 127
State v. Bullard 312 N.C. 129 · cited by 126
Burgess v. Your House of Raleigh, Inc. 326 N.C. 205 · cited by 125
Terry v. Terry 302 N.C. 77 · cited by 124
State v. Fair 354 N.C. 131 · cited by 124
Smith v. State 289 N.C. 303 · cited by 124
Whitacre Partnership v. Biosignia, Inc. 358 N.C. 1 · cited by 124
Woodson v. Rowland 329 N.C. 330 · cited by 123
Coble v. Coble 300 N.C. 708 · cited by 123
Collingwood v. General Electric Real Estate Equities, Inc. 324 N.C. 63 · cited by 122
State v. Wilkerson 295 N.C. 559 · cited by 121
Goldston v. American Motors Corp. 326 N.C. 723 · cited by 121
Thomas M. McInnis & Associates, Inc. v. Hall 318 N.C. 421 · cited by 121
Jackson v. Bumgardner 318 N.C. 172 · cited by 120
Oates v. Jag, Inc. 314 N.C. 276 · cited by 119
Johnson v. Ruark Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.A. 327 N.C. 283 · cited by 119
Anderson v. LINCOLN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 265 N.C. 431 · cited by 118
In Re Inquiry Concerning a Judge No. 53 Peoples 296 N.C. 109 · cited by 118
Waters v. Qualified Personnel, Inc. 294 N.C. 200 · cited by 117
Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance 315 N.C. 688 · cited by 117
State v. Barnes 334 N.C. 67 · cited by 116
State v. Kinch 314 N.C. 99 · cited by 116
State v. Biber 365 N.C. 162 · cited by 114
State v. Fulcher 294 N.C. 503 · cited by 114
Coastal Ready-Mix Concrete Co. v. Board of Commissioners 299 N.C. 620 · cited by 113
Thompson v. Wake County Board of Education 292 N.C. 406 · cited by 112
Mobley v. . Griffin 104 N.C. 112 · cited by 112
Kidd v. Early 289 N.C. 343 · cited by 111
Hansel v. Sherman Textiles 304 N.C. 44 · cited by 111
Worthington v. Bynum 305 N.C. 478 · cited by 111
State v. Vestal 278 N.C. 561 · cited by 110
Pembee Mfg. Corp. v. Cape Fear Const. Co., Inc. 313 N.C. 488 · cited by 109
Dobson v. Harris 352 N.C. 77 · cited by 109
Hajmm Co. v. House of Raeford Farms, Inc. 328 N.C. 578 · cited by 109
Craig Ex Rel. Craig v. New Hanover County Board of Education 363 N.C. 334 · cited by 109
Roumillat v. Simplistic Enterprises, Inc. 331 N.C. 57 · cited by 108
Caldwell v. Deese 288 N.C. 375 · cited by 107
State v. Johnson 298 N.C. 355 · cited by 107
Variety Wholesalers, Inc. v. Salem Logistics Traffic Services, LLC 365 N.C. 520 · cited by 107
Brodnax v. Groom 64 N.C. 244 · cited by 106
Anderson v. Northwestern Motor Co. 233 N.C. 372 · cited by 106
North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources v. Carroll 358 N.C. 649 · cited by 106
State v. Marshall Norman Hicks 241 N.C. 156 · cited by 105
Abbitt v. . Gregory 201 N.C. 577 · cited by 105
In re T.R.P. 360 N.C. 588 · cited by 105
Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem 280 N.C. 513 · cited by 104
State v. . Beal 199 N.C. 278 · cited by 104
Dillon v. Numismatic Funding Corp. 291 N.C. 674 · cited by 104
A.E.P. Industries, Inc. v. McClure 308 N.C. 393 · cited by 103
State v. Stephens 244 N.C. 380 · cited by 103
State v. Hughes 353 N.C. 200 · cited by 103
Page v. Sloan 281 N.C. 697 · cited by 103
State v. Benson 323 N.C. 318 · cited by 103
Austin v. Continental General Tire 354 N.C. 344 · cited by 102
State v. Smith 315 N.C. 76 · cited by 102
Lowe v. Bradford 305 N.C. 366 · cited by 101
State v. Stager 329 N.C. 278 · cited by 100
In Re Appeal of the Greens of Pine Glen Ltd. Partnership 356 N.C. 642 · cited by 100
Sharpe v. Worland 351 N.C. 159 · cited by 100
State v. Williams 279 N.C. 663 · cited by 100
State v. Sturdivant 304 N.C. 293 · cited by 99
Kelly v. International Harvester Company 278 N.C. 153 · cited by 99
State v. Gray 268 N.C. 69 · cited by 99
State v. Cutler 271 N.C. 379 · cited by 98
Oestreicher v. American National Stores, Inc. 290 N.C. 118 · cited by 98
Weil v. . Herring 207 N.C. 6 · cited by 98
State v. Jones 355 N.C. 117 · cited by 98
Newton v. Standard Fire Insurance 291 N.C. 105 · cited by 97
State v. Covington 290 N.C. 313 · cited by 97
State v. Cherry 298 N.C. 86 · cited by 97
King v. Grindstaff 284 N.C. 348 · cited by 96
Wood v. Guilford County 355 N.C. 161 · cited by 96
Henry v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. 231 N.C. 477 · cited by 96
Bernick v. Jurden 306 N.C. 435 · cited by 95
State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate Bureau 300 N.C. 381 · cited by 95
Raritan River Steel Co. v. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 322 N.C. 200 · cited by 95
State v. Oliver 309 N.C. 326 · cited by 95
Woods v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance 295 N.C. 500 · cited by 94
Matter of Moore 306 N.C. 394 · cited by 94
State v. Etheridge 319 N.C. 34 · cited by 94
State v. Morgan 315 N.C. 626 · cited by 94
Watkins v. Central Motor Lines, Inc. 279 N.C. 132 · cited by 93
Presnell v. Pell 298 N.C. 715 · cited by 93
In re T.N.H. 372 N.C. 403 · cited by 93
State v. Goodman 298 N.C. 1 · cited by 92
Hayes v. . Elon College 224 N.C. 11 · cited by 92
State v. Buchanan 353 N.C. 332 · cited by 92
Booe v. Shadrick 322 N.C. 567 · cited by 91
State v. Garcia 358 N.C. 382 · cited by 91
State v. Lloyd 354 N.C. 76 · cited by 90
Johnson v. . R. R. 163 N.C. 431 · cited by 90
Honeycutt v. Carolina Asbestos Co. 235 N.C. 471 · cited by 90
State v. Gaines 345 N.C. 647 · cited by 89
Coman v. Thomas Manufacturing Co. 325 N.C. 172 · cited by 88
State v. Hankerson 288 N.C. 632 · cited by 88
State v. Irick 291 N.C. 480 · cited by 88
State v. Jordan 333 N.C. 431 · cited by 87
State v. Atkinson 275 N.C. 288 · cited by 87
State v. Lynch 327 N.C. 210 · cited by 87
State v. Bagley 321 N.C. 201 · cited by 87
State v. Braxton 352 N.C. 158 · cited by 87
State v. Allen 359 N.C. 425 · cited by 86
State v. Irwin 304 N.C. 93 · cited by 86
State v. Watkins 337 N.C. 437 · cited by 85
Pruitt v. Wood 199 N.C. 788 · cited by 85
State v. Arrington 311 N.C. 633 · cited by 84
State v. Allen 360 N.C. 297 · cited by 83
State v. Sparrow 276 N.C. 499 · cited by 83
McRae v. Toastmaster, Inc. 358 N.C. 488 · cited by 82
State v. Goines 273 N.C. 509 · cited by 82
Triplett v. . Williams 149 N.C. 394 · cited by 82
State v. Walker 316 N.C. 33 · cited by 82
DeWitt v. Eveready Battery Co., Inc. 355 N.C. 672 · cited by 81
Hardy v. Toler 288 N.C. 303 · cited by 81
Hairston v. Alexander Tank & Equipment Co. 310 N.C. 227 · cited by 81
Haynes v. . Feldspar Producing Co. 222 N.C. 163 · cited by 81
Lamb v. Wedgewood South Corp. 308 N.C. 419 · cited by 80
State v. Black 308 N.C. 736 · cited by 80
Young v. . Whitehall Co. 229 N.C. 360 · cited by 80
State v. Vause 328 N.C. 231 · cited by 80
Matter of Huff 353 N.C. 374 · cited by 80
Nelson v. Freeland 349 N.C. 615 · cited by 80
Price v. Howard 346 N.C. 68 · cited by 79
Dickinson v. Pake 284 N.C. 576 · cited by 79
Gray v. North Carolina Insurance Underwriting 352 N.C. 61 · cited by 79
Conrad v. Cook-Lewis Foundry Co. 198 N.C. 723 · cited by 79
Clark v. Clark 301 N.C. 123 · cited by 79
In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge Nowell 293 N.C. 235 · cited by 79
State v. Wallace 351 N.C. 481 · cited by 79
Gorrell v. Greensboro Water Supply Co. 46 L.R.A. 513 · cited by 79
Morrison v. Burlington Industries 304 N.C. 1 · cited by 79
State v. Barfield 298 N.C. 306 · cited by 78
State v. Locklear 322 N.C. 349 · cited by 78
Moore v. Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. 296 N.C. 467 · cited by 78
Gallimore v. Marilyn's Shoes 292 N.C. 399 · cited by 78
Bumpers v. Cmty. Bank of N. Va. 367 N.C. 81 · cited by 78
Singleton v. Stewart 280 N.C. 460 · cited by 78
Lane v. Scarborough 284 N.C. 407 · cited by 77
State v. Hutchins 303 N.C. 321 · cited by 77
State v. Barnes 345 N.C. 184 · cited by 77
In re D.L.W. 368 N.C. 835 · cited by 77
Rhyne v. K-Mart Corp. 358 N.C. 160 · cited by 77
State v. Perry 305 N.C. 225 · cited by 76
State v. Alston 307 N.C. 321 · cited by 76
State v. Benton 276 N.C. 641 · cited by 76
State v. Williams 308 N.C. 47 · cited by 76