Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Tennessee Department of Health & Environment

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided January 21, 1986No. 8510SC590PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELLS, Judge.

The sole issue before this Court is whether the trial court erred in granting the Commission’s motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). The test on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted is whether the pleading is legally sufficient. Leasing Corp. v. Miller, 45 N.C. App. 400, 263 S.E. 2d 313, disc. rev. denied, 300 N.C. 374, 267 S.E. 2d 685 (1980). A legal insufficiency may be due to an absence of law to support a claim of the sort made, absence of fact sufficient to make a good claim or the disclosure of some fact which will necessarily…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United Leasing Corp. v. MillerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
  2. Orange County v. Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
  3. Dyer v. BradshawCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
  4. Andresen v. Eastern Realty Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1983

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Bob Timberlake Collection, Inc. v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2006
  2. Empire Power Co. v. N. C. Department of EnvironmentSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
  3. Warren v. ColomboCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1989
  4. Reid v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
  5. State of Tenn. v. ENVIRON. MANAGEMENT COM'NCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986

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