Case Title: Northfield Dev. Co. v City of Burlington

Citation: 352 N.C. 671

Docket Number: 63A00

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2000-10-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
NORTHFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. v. THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, a
Political Subdivision of the State of North Carolina
No. 63A00
(Filed 6 October 2000)
No Headnotes.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of
a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 136 N.C. App. 272, 523
S.E.2d 743 (2000), affirming and modifying in part and reversing
and remanding in part an order entered 13 October 1999 and an
order and judgment entered 13 October 1999 by Allen (J.B., Jr.),
J., in Superior Court, Alamance County.  On 4 May 2000, the
Supreme Court granted discretionary review of additional issues. 
Heard in the Supreme Court 14 September 2000.
Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen, LLP, by J. David James, for
plaintiff-appellant and -appellee.
Faison & Gillespie, by Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr., for
defendant-appellant and -appellee.
Jordan Price Wall Gray Jones & Carlton, PLLC, by F. Frank
Gray and Emily W. Eisele, on behalf of the North Carolina
Manufactured Housing Institute, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
As to the issue on direct appeal based on the dissenting
opinion, we affirm the majority decision of the Court of Appeals. 
We conclude that the petitions for discretionary review as to
additional issues were improvidently allowed.
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED
IN PART.