Malloy v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2009
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lemmerman v. A. T. Williams Oil Co. · Town of Tryon v. Duke Power Co. · Jernigan v. State · City of Greensboro v. Wall · State Ex Rel. Edmisten v. Tucker
Most-quoted passages
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“Plaintiff is a resident of Granville County, North Carolina, and owns an unincorporated business operating under the name “Dogwood Gun Club.” Twice a year plaintiff sponsors a pigeon shoot, known as “The Dogwood Invitational,” on his private land in Granville County. Plaintiff has sponsored, organized, and operated the pigeon shoots since 1987. Contestants participate by invitation only, and each contestant pays $275.00 per day to participate. According to plaintiffs response to interrogatories, the pigeon shoot is conducted as follows: “Each contestant faces a ring. Inside the ring are a number of boxes which are opened on cue. An individual ferel [sic] pigeon flies from a particular box. The feral pigeon serves as a target at which the contestant shoots.” The last two pigeon shoots conducted before institution of this action utilized approximately 40,000 pigeons each. Pigeons that are killed by the contestants are buried, whereas pigeons that are merely injured are “dispatched promptly” and buried. Plaintiff claims to have spent $500,000 in capital improvements to his land to further the pigeon shoots and further claims that the pigeon shoots provide approximately fifty percent of his net income.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The key to whether or not declaratory relief is available to determine the constitutionality of a criminal statute is whether the plaintiff can demonstrate that a criminal prosecution is imminent or threatened, and that he stands to suffer the loss of either fundamental human rights or property interests if the criminal prosecution is begun and the criminal statute is enforced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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