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cited 4× by 2 distinct cases, 1994–2025 · 2 courts ·
…when the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, there is no room for judicial construction, and the courts must give it its plain and definite meaning.
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Cited as authority (quoted)
MH Mission Hosp., LLLP v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs.
(2×)
when the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, there is no room for judicial construction, and the courts must give it its plain and definite meaning.
examined
Cited as authority (quoted)
Empire Power Co. v. N. C. Department of Environment
(4×)
when the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, there is no room for judicial construction, and the courts must give it its plain and definite meaning.
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Cited "see"
State v. Barlow
(2×)
See Lemons v. Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, 322 N.C. 271 , 367 S.E.2d 655 , reh’g denied, 322 N.C. 610 , 370 S.E.2d 247 (1988).
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Brenda LEMONS
v.
OLD HICKORY COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC.
v.
OLD HICKORY COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, INC.
438PA87.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Jun 30, 1988.
Cited by 24 opinions | Published
Bailey & Dixon, Raleigh, and Bell, Davis & Pitt, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.
Petree, Stockton & Robinson, Winston-Salem, for defendant.
ORDER
Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant in this matter for rehearing of the decision of this Court pursuant to Rule 31, N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 30th day of June 1988."