81 N.C. App. 612 - Cox v. State Ex Rel. Summers’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2009
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Abernethy v. Board of Commissioners · 50 N.C. App. 498 - State Ex Rel. Lee v. Penland-Bailey Co., Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“To accomplish the purpose of the Act, the Act and the regulations enacted pursuant to it may be applied to land-disturbing activities which occurred before the Act and regulations became effective.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The legislative history of the act is consistent with the conclusion that it was for the purpose of controlling erosion and sedimentation, rather than only land-disturbing activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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