Legal Opinion
In Re the Appeal of the University of North Carolina
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 15, 1980No. 67PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROCK, Justice.
This appeal involves an attempt by the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and by Orange County to tax certain real and per sonal properties owned by the University of North Carolina. As a preface to our discussion of the issues raised by the appeal, we note that the University of North Carolina is a constitutionally created body. It was established by Section 41 of the (1776) North Carolina Constitution, and was incorporated as a body politic with perpetual succession and a common seal, pursuant to the laws of North Carolina. See North Carolina Public Laws 1789, c. 305, s. 1.
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hayes v. City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- Mitchell v. North Carolina Industrial Development Financing AuthoritySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Sutton v. . PhillipsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation District v. County of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1944
- Southern Railway Co. v. Cherokee CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Collins by Smith v. McMurryMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1988
- In Re Appeal of the Forsyth County Tax Supervisor Regarding Certain Property Owned by Wake Forest UniversityCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
- Petroleum Traders Corp. v. StateCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
- McAdoo v. University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2017
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