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Food truck owners win damages in Jacksonville case

A judge on Monday awarded food truck operators and one property owner nominal damages totaling $12 and court costs, in Proctor v. City of Jacksonville, signaling a win for economic liberty claims even as the court declined to directly rule on the constitutionality of the now-repealed ordinances, the plaintiffs’ attorney said.

CJ Staff

Jacksonville food truck ruling is good news for economic liberty

North Carolina's second-highest court has revived a lawsuit challenging city restrictions on the right to earn a living.

Mitch Kokai

NC courts’ focus on economic rights could help Jacksonville food truck owners

The state Supreme Court's recent Ace Speedway ruling is influencing other plaintiffs pursuing lawsuits based on economic liberty.

Mitch Kokai

New food truck suit adds ‘unique’ property-rights angle

Most clients in food truck lawsuits operate trucks themselves. A new suit in Jacksonville features a plaintiff barred from hosting a food truck on her private property.

Mitch Kokai

Farmville officials relax food-truck regulations. That’s a win for everyone

In 2019, barbeque pitmaster Mark Shirley of Walstonburg decided to test his entrepreneurial skills by launching his own food truck business, Ole Time Smokehouse. If he succeeded, he thought, he might eventually expand into a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Ole Time Smokehouse was indeed a hit, as Shirley built up a base of loyal customers in and...

Jessica Thompson

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It’s Time for Raleigh to Unleash the Food Trucks

The capital city could learn a lesson about economic freedom from a neighbor down the road.

Zack Hasanin

Food Trucks Still Not Free of Restaurant Ties

RALEIGH — Five months after state lawmakers passed a law freeing food truck owners from a regulation that required them to rent space in a restaurant or commissary, no food truck operator has taken advantage of it. The Mobile Food Vendors Association said most don’t know about the new law, and the few who do have been thwarted by their local health departments.

Lawmakers Ease Regulations on Food Trucks

RALEIGH — Until now, the “commissary rule” had forced food truck operators either to rent space in brick and mortar restaurants or commissaries or to buy their own restaurant-quality kitchens to serve as home bases for their mobile businesses. For many would-be entrepreneurs, the commissary rule is an impossible hurdle to jump.

Food Trucks Finally Allowed in Raleigh

RALEIGH — The new rules ban food trucks that are within 100 feet of existing restaurants, allow no food truck "rodeos," and require operators to gain the permission of private parking lot owners before trucks can set up.

Food Trucks Hitting More Road Bumps in Raleigh

RALEIGH — Current city ordinances allow a food truck operator to apply for a permit to operate at “special events,” but there’s no provision allowing the trucks to sell their wares routinely on city streets or in parking lots.