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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-12

Violation a deceptive or unfair trade practice

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Belk, Inc. v. Meyer Corp., U.S. (2012)

Most recently applied in Window Gang Ventures, Corp. v. Salinas (April 2019)

1903, c. 271, s. 8; Rev., s. 3021; C.S., s. 3980; 1941, c. 255, s. 3; 1967, c. 1007, s. 1; 1995, c. 436, s. 2.

How often courts cite this section

2012201910
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

A violation of G.S. 80-10 or G.S. 80-11 constitutes a violation of G.S. 75-1.1.

Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.