Legal Opinion
Smith Chapel Baptist Church v. City of Durham
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 20, 1999No. 250PA97PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAINWRIGHT, Justice.
Stormwater runoff is rain or snowmelt that does not evaporate or penetrate the ground and is collected by storm drains that transport it to receiving waters.
In 1987, the United States Congress enacted an amendment to the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA) known as the Water Quality Act (WQA). See Water Quality Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-4, 101 Stat. 7 (1987). The WQA represented the first major revision of the CWA since 1977, “clarifying certain areas of the law as well as granting new powers and responsibilities to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and states.”…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lemons v. Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1988
- Dunn v. Pacific Employers InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- State Ex Rel. Cobey v. SimpsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- Allgood v. Wilmington Savings & Trust CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
- Town of Spring Hope v. BissetteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- City of Gainesville v. STATE, DOTDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
- Quality Built Homes Inc. v. Town of CarthageSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2016
- State v. FletcherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2017
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