Brooks v. Taylor Tobacco Enterprises, Inc.

BRITT, Justice.

Respondents contend that the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the trial court’s denial of their motions to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings and in affirming the judgment appealed from. This contention is based on respondent’s insistence that “the Administrative Inspection Warrant is unconstitutional on its face” in light of Article I, Section 20 of the North Carolina Constitution which prohibits the granting of general warrants; that the provisions of G.S. 15-27.2(c)(l) which permit a magistrate to issue an administrative inspection warrant upon making an…