Legal Opinion
Standley v. Town of Woodfin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 12, 2008No. 531A07PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRADY, Justice.
On 19 April 2005, defendant Town of Woodfin (Woodfin) enacted Woodfin Town Ordinance Section 130.03 (the ordinance), which prohibited registered sex offenders, such as plaintiff, from knowingly entering any “public park owned, operated, or maintained” by Woodfin. Plaintiff asserts this ordinance is unconstitutional as violative of the due process right to intrastate travel. We disagree, and therefore affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1987 plaintiff David Standley pleaded nolo contendere to attempted sexual battery and aggravated…
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