A plaintiff in one of two current Map Act cases at the North Carolina Supreme Court offered arguments this week that the state owes him for multiple infringements of his property rights. William Sanders' case is one of two current Map Act disputes at North Carolina's highest court.
North Carolina’s highest court wrestled for an hour Tuesday over what to do about a sewer line Apex installed in 2015 to serve a new subdivision. Courts have ruled as far back as 2016 that the town violated Beverly Rubin’s rights by installing the line under her property.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is asking the state’s highest court to take a case dealing with a dispute over Map Act payments. DOT warns that a lower court ruling in the case could “create confusion” in future Map Act lawsuits.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals wrestled Wednesday with two Map Act cases from Wake County that could have significant impacts for both property owners and state taxpayers. Plaintiffs in the cases argued during an hourlong hearing that the state Department of Transportation seeks a Map Act “discount.” The department responded that the plaintiffs would force taxpayers to pay sums “many multiples higher” than awards offered in hundreds of other Map Act cases.
A plaintiff in a Map Act dispute with the North Carolina Department of Transportation disputes the department’s claims about a recent state Court of Appeals decision. DOT argued that the decision could produce “calamitous” results for taxpayers.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
The US Supreme Court has decided not to take a COVID-related shutdown case filed by Virginia owners of a Dare County beach house. The owners had challenged Dare County’s actions in 2020 as an unconstitutional taking of private property.
