Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Whitley
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided June 5, 1972No. Civ. 1542PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs are residents of an area annexed by the Town of Whiteville, Colum bus County, North Carolina, pursuant to a North Carolina statutory procedure by which adjacent areas may be annexed to municipalities of less than 5,000 population. N.C.G.S. §§ 160-453.1 to 453.10. 'This procedure does not allow residents “of an area proposed to be annexed to vote on the annexation/ N.C.G.S. § 160-453.11. Certain towns and counties are exempted from this procedure. N. C.G.S. § 160-453.12. 1 An exempted municipality of less than 5,000 population is enabled to annex contiguous…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Jimenez v. WeinbergerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Gordon v. Forsyth County Hospital Authority, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1976
- Barefoot v. City of WilmingtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- In Re Annexation Ordinance D-21927 Adopted by City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- St. Louis County, Mo. v. CITY OF TOWNDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1984
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