Legal Opinion
Town of Emerald Isle Ex Rel. Smith v. State
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 7, 1987No. 111A86PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRYE, Justice.
The question in this case is whether Chapter 539 of the 1983 Session Laws of North Carolina entitled, “An Act to Provide for Reasonable Beach Access Within the Town of Emerald Isle,” *642violates Article XIV, section 3; Article I, section 32; or Article I, section 19 of the North Carolina Constitution. We conclude that it does not.
The Town of Emerald Isle, one of the plaintiffs in this case, is a municipality located on Bogue Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina, and has approximately eight miles of frontage on the Atlantic Ocean and Bogue Sound.
The owners of property located…
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