Animal Protection Society of Durham, Inc. v. State

BECTON, Judge.

At issue in this action for declaratory and injunctive relief is the applicability of North Carolina’s “bingo statutes,” N.C. Gen. Stat. Secs. 14-309.5 through 14-309.14, to the “charitable sales promotion” conducted by or on behalf of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are two charities, a corporate charitable solicitor, and the individual president of the corporate solicitor. The defendants are the State of North Carolina and various officials charged with enforcing the bingo statutes. Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of the defendants. We affirm.

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