Meads v. North Carolina Department of Agriculture

WYNN, Justice.

We are asked in this appeal to determine whether the North Carolina Pesticide Board properly penalized an aerial pesticide applicator for violating various North Carolina pesticide regulations. On initial review, our Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s reversal of the Pesticide Board’s decision. Finding error, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the Pesticide Board’s decision.

On 26 August 1994, petitioner H. Ray Meads (“Meads”) aerially sprayed the pesticide Pounce on James Duncan’s (“Duncan”) soybean field located on S.R. 1148 1 in Currituck…