Legal Opinion
Powell v. North Carolina Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 6, 1998No. 552PA96PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRYE, Justice.
Both this case and a companion case, N.C. Dep’t of Transp. v. Hodge, 347 N.C. 602, - S.E.2d - (1998), raise the issue of whether the Governor properly designated certain State employee positions as policymaking exempt under N.C.G.S. § 126-5.
The issue in this case is whether the position of Director of the Highway Beautification Program (HBP) in the Department of Transportation (DOT) may be designated by the Governor as policy-making exempt pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 126-5. We must determine whether the Court of Appeals was correct in affirming an order of the superior court sitting…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Stott v. HaworthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- North Carolina Department of Correction v. GibsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
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