Search Results for “Dillon”

Is North Carolina a Dillon’s Rule State?

Posted on October 24, 2012 - 4:26 pm by Frayda Bluestein

North Carolina is often described as a “Dillon’s Rule” state. What does that mean? Is it the opposite of home rule? Does it mean our courts apply Dillon’s Rule in […]

King v. Town of Chapel Hill: The Supreme Court Issues a Major Decision on the Police Power of Local Governments (Part 1)

Posted on June 26, 2014 - 4:48 pm by Trey Allen

In King v. Town of Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued what could be its most significant decision yet on the general police power of local governments. Somewhat predictably, media […]

Court of Appeals Takes Expansive View of the Police Power

Posted on June 24, 2013 - 6:19 pm by Trey Allen

UPDATE 3: In an opinion issued on 12 June 2014, the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals. […]

Can I See What’s in My Personnel File?

Posted on March 27, 2013 - 8:26 pm by Frayda Bluestein

North Carolina statutes protect most public employee information from public access. Public employees have the right to inspect almost all of the information in the files their employers maintain about […]

Mowing the Grassy Strip

Posted on June 20, 2011 - 2:18 pm by David M. Lawrence

A recent discussion among local government attorneys concerned whether a city may adopt an ordinance that requires abutting property owners to mow or otherwise maintain the grassy strip that often […]

I Second that Amotion

Posted on October 28, 2009 - 11:38 am by Frayda Bluestein

UPDATE September 2013: A superior court judge affirmed the power of amotion for removal of a county commissioner. The judge’s order is summarized here. With apologies to Smokey Robinson and […]

Postcards from Home Rule States

Posted on October 14, 2009 - 10:57 am by Frayda Bluestein

When it comes to local government authority in North Carolina, it’s a lot easier to say what we’re not than what we are. North Carolina is not a home rule […]