The Pacific Legal Foundation and North Carolina Advocates for Justice are supporting a homeowner in her dispute with Apex over a sewer pipe. The dispute has reached North Carolina’s highest court.
Caleb Kruckenberg, attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses a case filed on behalf of Frank Black and Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Investments. It challenges rules created and enforced by the private nonprofit Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Kruckenberg offered these comments during an interview with Mitch Kokai for CarolinaJournal.com.
Asheville residents challenging membership requirements for the city’s Human Relations Commission hope to pursue a class-action case. Paperwork filed Friday in federal court seeks to extend the suit to anyone disqualified by race from
Plaintiffs challenging appointments to Asheville’s Human Relations Commission are seeking an emergency restraining order and injunction in federal court. They claim the city is using unconstitutional racial preferences in choosing members for the advisory board. Asheville plans to make appointments to the board on Oct. 10.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is siding with five Asheville-area residents who are suing the city because of racial criteria tied to its Human Relations Commission. PLF and the five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Tuesday in the case Miall v. Asheville. Plaintiffs argue that Asheville rejected them for the advisory human relations group because they are white.
Donna Matias, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses client Ami Hill’s lawsuit challenging Kill Devil Hills’ rules restricting “itinerant vendors.”
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Roy Cooper’s emergency powers has moved closer to a resolution. The senior resident Superior Court judge for Wake County has agreed the case should head to a three-judge panel. That panel will address the lawsuit’s claim that Cooper’s powers under the state Emergency Management Act are unconstitutional. Crystal...
When is losing the entire value of your property due to government regulation, not an “undue hardship”? According to the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission, the answer is whenever your home is on the coast. In October 2016, Michael and Cathy Zito’s Nags Head beach house burned to the ground. Luckily no one was hurt, but the bureaucratic nightmare they faced as they attempted to rebuild was incredibly painful....
A Greenville bar owner heads to court this afternoon to seek permission to reopen. Her case hinges on whether Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 executive orders discriminate illegally and unconstitutionally against private bars. “The vast majority of bars in North Carolina are open and serving patrons indoors,” according to the latest court filing from attorneys representing...
The N.C. Bar Owners Association, in a news release, says the N.C. ABC has canceled some 120 permits for private bars, without notice. Private bars in North Carolina, for all intents and purposes, have been closed since March, although the governor in October allowed them to open outdoor seating at very limited capacity. But, obviously,...
