Legal Opinion

Hooks v. INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAYS, INCORPARTED

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 24, 1965No. 688PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoobe, J.

Plaintiffs seek to permanently enjoin an alleged prospective private nuisance. The substance of their complaint is that corporate defendant is in the process of constructing a race track and other facilities for the racing of automobiles on Sundays and holidays, the facilities to accommodate 12,000 or more spectators, and the race track to be located about 2500 feet from the Smyrna Baptist Church, an active church established 80 years ago and having a large membership and owning buildings and facilities valued at $175,000 and regularly holding religious services throughout each Sabbath and at…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Missouri v. Illinois & the Sanitary DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. Rohan v. Detroit Racing AssociationMichigan Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Pennsylvania Co. v. Sun Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  4. Durham v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  5. Edmunds v. DuffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Joyce McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2020
  2. Lee v. BowlesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1965
  3. Page v. ROSCOE, LLCCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1998
  4. Gustafson v. Cotco Enterprises, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. AshtonIdaho Supreme Court · 1968

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