Lady Macbeth tells her troubled husband, “What is done is done” and later says to herself “and cannot be undone.” This is the outcome in Hillcrest Property, LLP v. Pasco County, 754 F. 3d 1279 (11th Cir 2014) and apparently the United States Supreme Court accepted it when […]
Chapel Hill Transit is the second largest transit system in North Carolina, serving as the public transportation provider for over 160 square miles of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With that coverage, Chapel Hill Transit enjoys more than 7,000,000 annual passenger rides.In light […]
The governing board of a North Carolina county will vote on September 6, 2012 over the adoption of a proposed amendment to that county’s “Loud and Disturbing Noise” ordinance (scroll to page 68 of the linked PDF). The proposed amendment defines “unreasonably loud” and “disturbing” for purposes of enforcement, as well as providing […]
As readers of this blog know, we’ll sometimes reach to “other places”, outside North Carolina, for some interesting land use law developments. Readers will also know that I, in particular, like to reach back to Rockland County, New York, the place of my birth. This latest news is […]
Four men associated with the Occupy Charlotte movement were arrested for burning a U.S. flag in Occupy’s uptown-area campsite. No, flag burning is not illegal. The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Texas v. Johnson made this clear: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it […]
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