Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Berger
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 21, 2018No. 409PA17PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
**799 The Governor is our state's chief executive. He or she bears the ultimate responsibility of ensuring that our laws are properly enforced. See State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger , 368 N.C. 633 , 635, 781 S.E.2d 248 , 250 (2016). Indeed, the Constitution of North Carolina enshrines this **800 executive duty: "The Governor shall take *290 care that the laws be faithfully executed." N.C. Const. art. III, § 5 (4).
But the Governor is not alone in this task. Our state constitution establishes nine other offices in the executive branch. See id. art. III, §§ 2, 7. These offices…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Jennings v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 2018
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- Myers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by19 opinions
- NC NAACP State Conference v. Philip BergerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2020
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- Causey v. AltmanDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2022
- Coleman v. Wake County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2020
- Cooper v. BergerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2020
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