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In re the Appeal from the Environmental Management Commission
53 N.C. App. 135 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 21, 1981
See also Greene County Planning Board v. Federal Power Com’n, 455 F. 2d 412 (2d Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 849 , 93 S.Ct. 56 , 34 L.Ed. 2d 90 (1972). … Thompson v. Board of Education, supra. In the present case, it is impossible to determine from the judgment entered by the superior court exactly what the judge reviewed.
Cited 4 timesPublishedWhitehead Community Club v. Hoppers
43 N.C. App. 671 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 20, 1979
Whitaker v. Earnhardt, 289 N.C. 260 , 221 S.E. 2d 316 (1976); General Specialties Co. v. Teer Co., 41 N.C. App. 273 , 254 S.E. 2d 658 (1979). … Change or abandonment of roads. — The board of county commissioners of any: county may, on its own motion or on peti *677 tion of a group of citizens, request the Board of Transportation to change or abandon any road in the
Cited 1 timesPublished81 N.C. App. 133 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 3, 1986
See State v. Karbas, 28 N.C. App. 372 , 221 S.E. 2d 98 , disc. rev. denied, 289 N.C. 618 , 223 S.E. 2d 394 (1976). … This case is distinguished from State v.
Cited 2 timesPublishedAllen v. Carolina Permanente Medical Group, P.A.
139 N.C. App. 342 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Aug 1, 2000
Avco Financial Services v. Isbell, 67 N.C. App. 341, 343 , 312 S.E.2d 707, 708 (1984) (quoting Williams v. Williams, 299 N.C. 174, 180 , 261 S.E.2d 849, 854 (1980)). … medicine before he can even take the Board exam for that specialty.
Cited 2 timesPublished137 N.C. App. 590 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · May 2, 2000
Defendant carried a brown paper shopping bag with handles which she set behind the driver’s seat of the vehicle before driving off. … See State v.
Cited 19 timesPublished65 N.C. App. 262 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 6, 1983
See, State v. Riddle, 285 S.E. 2d 359 (W. Va. 1981); City of Akron v. Lane, 65 Ohio App. 2d 90 , 416 N.E. 2d 642 (1979); F. & F. v. Duvall County, 273 So. 2d 15 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1973); State v. … Duro v. District Attorney, 712 F. 2d 96 (4th Cir. 1983).
Cited 0 timesPublished77 N.C. App. 407 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 15, 1985
Allred v. City of Raleigh, 7 N.C. App. 602, 607 , 173 S.E. *409 2d 533, 536 (1970), rev’d on other grounds, 277 N.C. 530 , 178 S.E. 2d 432 (1971). In A-S-P Associates v. … See Allred v. City of Raleigh, 277 N.C. 530 , 178 S.E. 2d 432 (1971).
Cited 7 timesPublishedCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 20, 2023
Id. at 375, 866 S.E.2d at 695 (quoting Brown v. Roth, 133 N.C. App. 52, 54-55, 514 S.E.2d 294, 296 (1999)). … Brown v. Roth, 133 N.C. App. 52, 54, 514 S.E.2d 294, 296 (1999). Such duty “is not prescribed by contract, but is instead imposed by operation of law.” Cummings v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedLake Gaston Estates Property Owners Ass'n v. County of Warren
186 N.C. App. 606 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 6, 2007
Respondent petitioned the Board to rezone 4.78 acres comprised of lots B-35 and B-36 and the reserved area from “Lakeside Business” to “Lakeside Residential.” The Board granted the petition on 1 December 2003. … Langdon v. Langdon, 183 N.C. App. 471, 475 , 644 S.E.2d 600, 603 (2007) (citing Koufman v. Koufman, 330 N.C. 93, 97 , 408 S.E.2d 729, 731 (1991)).
Cited 5 timesPublished83 N.C. App. 425 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 25, 1986
In United States v. … Id. at 923, 104 S.Ct. at 3421-3422, 82 L.Ed. 2d at 699 , quoting Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. at 610-611, 95 S.Ct. 2254 , 45 L.Ed. 2d 416 .
Cited 2 timesPublished30 N.C. App. 196 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 21, 1976
Defendant’s contention that Judge Browning erred in granting plaintiff’s motions for summary judgment likewise has no merit. … Johnson v. Owens, 263 N.C. 754 , 140 S.E. 2d 311 (1965); New Bern v. White, 251 N.C. 65 , 110 S.E. 2d 446 (1959).
Cited 1 timesPublished47 N.C. App. 530 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 15, 1980
For their second claim for relief, each of the plaintiffs, Stewart, Brown, Howell, and Bell, alleged in their original complaint that after the defendants had sold to each of them a mobile home, including the undercarriage … F.T.C., 540 F. 2d 287 (7th Cir. 1976); Koch v. Federal Trade Commission, 206 F. 2d 311 (6th Cir. 1953); D.D.D. Corporation v.
Modified on other grounds by Marshall v. Miller, 302 N.C. 539 (1981)Cited 33 timesPublished256 N.C. App. 464 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 21, 2017
There is no record evidence that the Eugenics Board was ever informed of Claimant’s involuntary sterilization, nor that it was consulted in the matter in any way. … Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942)[,]” this singular statement does not constitute an argument that this Court can address.
Cited 1 timesPublishedManhattan Life Insurance v. Lacy J. Miller MacHine Co.
60 N.C. App. 155 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 21, 1982
Wood v. Brown, 25 N.C. App. 241, 243 , 212 S.E. 2d 690, 691 , cert. denied, 287 N.C. 469 , 215 S.E. 2d 626 (1975). We find no abuse here. … Conover v. Newton, 297 N.C. 506 , 256 S.E. 2d 216 (1979). That rule presupposes that any information gleaned will be useful.
Cited 8 timesPublished3 N.C. App. 331 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 31, 1968
State v. Brown, 221 N.C. 301 , 20 S.E. 2d 286 . Also, the rule that statutes will be construed to effectuate the legislative intent applies to criminal statutes. State v. Humphries, 210 N.C. 406 , 186 S.E. 473 . … G.S. 160-200; Kovacs v. Cooper, supra. The ordinance in question does not define in decibels the intensity of the noise to be prohibited thereby, but such exactness is not required. State v. Dorsett, and State v.
Cited 11 timesPublishedCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 18, 2026
This zoning enforcement case arises from a decision of the Union County Board of Adjustment (“BOA”) determining that a detached garage on petitioner Earlene Thompson’s residential property was constructed in violation of … See Browning-Ferris Industries of South Atlantic, Inc. v. Guilford County Bd. of Adjustment, 126 N.C. App. 168, 171, 484 S.E.2d 411, 414 (1997).
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedHumane Society of Moore County, Inc. v. Town of Southern Pines
161 N.C. App. 625 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 16, 2003
Sun Suite Holdings, LLC v. Board of Aldermen of Town of Garner, 139 N.C. App. 269, 273 , 533 S.E.2d 525, 528 (2000), disc. review denied, 353 N.C. 280 , 546 S.E.2d 397 . … Co. v. Bd. of Aldermen, 284 N.C. 458, 468 , 202 S.E.2d 129, 136 (1974).
Cited 15 timesPublishedBrooks v. N.C. Department of Transportation
115 N.C. App. 163 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 7, 1994
Zimmer v. N.C. Dept. of Transportation, 87 N.C. App. 132 , 360 S.E.2d 115 (1987). … Bailey v. State of North Carolina, 330 N.C. 227 , 412 S.E.2d 295 (1991), cert. denied, 118 L.Ed.2d 547 (1992). Respondent does not dispute that it and its employees are subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Cited 0 timesPublished209 N.C. App. 725 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 1, 2011
State v. Hernandez, 170 N.C. … State v. Melvin, 53 N.C. App. 421, 428 , 281 S.E.2d 97, 102 (1981), cert. denied, 305 N.C. 762 , 292 S.E.2d 578 (1982). In State v.
Cited 6 timesPublished115 N.C. App. 520 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 19, 1994
State v. Smith, 300 N.C. 71, 78 , 265 S.E. 2d 164, 169 (1980). State v. … Brown, 310 N.C. 563, 566 , 313 S.E.2d 585, 587 (1984). *524 Applying the Brown standards to the State’s evidence below, we find sufficient evidence of each element of each offense.
Cited 21 timesPublished
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