North Carolina Board of Mortuary Science v. Crown Memorial Park, L.L.C.

CALABRIA, Judge.

The North Carolina Board of Mortuary Science (the “Board”) appeals the trial court’s judgment finding portions of North Carolina’s statutory distinction regarding the pre-need1 sale of caskets to be violative of the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the Constitution of the United States and provisions of Article I, Sections 1 and 19 of the North Carolina Constitution. We reverse.

The Board is an entity created under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the North Carolina General Statutes to regulate the practice of funeral service in North Carolina. N.C. Gen.…