Is North Carolina a Dillon’s Rule State?

Published for Coates' Canons on October 24, 2012.

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 interpreting the scope of local government authority? Or does it … Read more

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