Legal Opinion
Baldwin v. City of Winston-Salem
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided July 28, 1982No. C-81-838-WSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HIRAM H. WARD, Chief Judge.
The Complaint (December 16, 1981) alleged a fourteenth amendment attack on the North Carolina annexation statutes, N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 160A-45 et seq., and the annexation by the City of Winston-Salem of the plaintiffs’ property. No one disputes that in annexing the plaintiffs’ property the City accurately followed the procedure set forth in the statutes and that the annexation was completed and implemented before the plaintiffs began this lawsuit. The parties have filed cross-motions for summary judgment.
Plaintiffs seek a declaratory…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- In Re Annexation Ordinance D-21927 Adopted by City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
- Berry v. BourneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Floyd C. Baldwin Ruby S. Baldwin William Edward Kirby, Jr. Brenda Head Kirby Richard B. Charles Frances S. Charles Raymond E. Wigley and Dorothy Wigley v. City of Winston-Salem, N.C. Mayor Wayne A. Corpening Vivian H. Burke Marilyn S. Harpe Larry D. Little Virginia K. Newell Robert S. Northington, Jr. Ernestine Wilson Larry W. Womble and Martha S. Wood, Raintree Homeowners Association, Inc. Louis Capots John Geis Charles Herbert Green Robert D. Kinniburgh, Jr. And Kenneth Smelter v. City of Charlotte Eddie Knox, Mayor L. David Berryhill Charlie Dannelly Laura Frech Harvy B. Gantt Ron Leeper Ralph McMillan Pamela G. Patterson Edwin Peacock, Jr. George K. Selden, Jr. Herbert Spaugh, Jr. And Minnette Trosch, H.B. Carlisle W.E. Derrick Carl L. Gaile R.R. Lee and D.M. Randall v. City of Charlotte Eddie Knox, Mayor David L. Berryhill Charlie Dannelly Laura Frech Harvy B. Gantt Ron Leeper Ralph McMillan Pamela G. Patterson Edwin Peacock, Jr. George K. Selden, Jr. Herbert Spaugh, Jr. And Minnette C. Trosch, Raintree Homeowners Association, Inc. Louis Capots John Geis Charles Herbert Green Robert D. Kinniburgh, Jr. And Kenneth Smelter v. City of Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox David L. Berryhill Charlie Dannelly Laura Frech Harvy B. Gantt Ron Leeper Ralph McMillan Pamela G. Patterson Edwin Peacock, Jr. George K. Selden, Jr. Herbert Spaugh, Jr. And Minnette Trosch, H.B. Carlisle W.E. Derrick Carl L. Gaile R.R. Lee and D.M. Randall v. City of Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox David L. Berryhill Charlie Dannelly Laura Frech Harvy B. Gantt Ron Leeper Ralph McMillan Pamela G. Patterson Edwin Peacock, Jr. George K. Selden, Jr. Herbert Spaugh, Jr. And Minnette C. Trosch, Henry Brewer Robert M. Burcham Philip Demarko Joy M. McNab Gladys Norman Sam Pope James A. Sneed and Cornelius F. Spach v. City of Winston-Salem Mayor Wayne A. Corpening Vivian H. Burke Marilyn S. Harpe Larry D. Little Virginia K. Newell Robert S. Northington, Jr. Ernestine Wilson Larry W. Womble and Martha S. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983