State Ex Rel. Rhodes v. Gaskill

On 29 August 1986, the plaintiff, State of North Carolina ex rel. S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, filed a verified complaint and motion for preliminary mandatory injunction in Carteret County Superior Court to restrain defendant, Ralph Gaskill, from violating the Coastal Area Management Act of 1976, N.C.G.S. ch. 113A, art. 7 (1983 & Cum. Supp. 1985) (“CAMA”), and the Dredge and Fill Act, N.C.G.S. § 113-229 (1983), and to require the restoration of the property excavated by defendant for a duck pond in coastal wetlands. Defendant…