Plaintiffs who helped launch Map Act litigation against the North Carolina Department of Transportation back in 2010 are supporting the DOT in a current Map Act dispute. They filed paperwork Friday at the state Supreme Court to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking the state’s highest court to take up a recent Map Act case. DOT argues that a lower court ruling could lead to “calamitous” results if it’s allowed to stand. The challenged ruling could generate 1,600 new lawsuits and push state taxpayers' total Map Act bill over $1 billion.
Often at the end of something, one thinks about how it began. For me and my partners Paul Hendrick and Tim Nerhood, that “something” is 15 years of litigation against the North Carolina Department of Transportation over the Map Act — the law that allowed the NC DOT to reserve land for highways without paying for...
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking the state Court of Appeals to reconsider a recent ruling in a Map Act case. DOT warns that the challenged ruling could “create an immense new burden on taxpayers.”
A Wake County property owner involved in a Map Act dispute with the North Carolina Department of Transportation opposes DOT’s request to take the case to North Carolina’s second-highest court.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking the state’s second-highest court to take up two cases that could have a significant impact on payments to property owners targeted by the Map Act. In both cases, a Wake County judge issued rulings in June 2023 that favored property owners over the DOT.
Local officials in North Carolina and beyond got a clear message from a federal judge: infringing on property rights may be costly — for you.
Lawmakers blasted the N.C. Department of Transportation for careless overspending, suggesting the DOT is using the coronavirus to “cover up” irresponsible cash management. The Senate Transportation Committee used a Wednesday, May 20, meeting to lambaste DOT for overspending hundreds of millions of dollars. The agency was mired in financial problems before the outbreak. The coronavirus...
UPDATED, 12:58 p.m. Victims of the Map Act won their case in the N.C. Supreme Court this month, but their victory will put even more pressure on the cash-strapped N.C. Department of Transportation. Ted and Sarah Chappell first moved into their Fayetteville house in 1962, where they raised a family. They bought the land and...
N.C. House members took on a host of time-sensitive issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic during a Wednesday, April 29, meeting of the House Pensions and Retirement Committee. They also voted to more than triple their death benefits, despite worries that raising payments from $15,000 to $50,000 during the coronavirus outbreak would look bad. The...
Now that North Carolina knows how much it can borrow, politicians are arguing about how much the state should borrow. But while the legislature and Gov. Roy Cooper wrestle over “credit card limits,” they are ignoring the red flags raised in the most recent Debt Affordability Study unanimously approved by the Debt Affordability Advisory Committee....
