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MARTIN v. NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING CORPORATION

No. 10.

175 S.E.2d 665 (1970)

Perry MARTIN, on behalf of himself and all others of the same or like class v. NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING CORPORATION, a body politic and corporate, and William L. Turner, Director of the Department of Administration for the State of North Carolina, G. Andrew Jones, Jr., State Budget Officer for the State of North Carolina, and George S. Lambert, State Disbursing Officer for the State of North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & Gamble, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellee.

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, Deputy Atty. Gen. Harry W. McGalliard and Staff Atty. James L. Blackburn, Raleigh, for defendant appellants.

BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

"(U)nder our Constitution, the General Assembly, so far as that instrument is concerned, is possessed of full legislative powers unless restrained by express constitutional provision or necessary implication therefrom." Hoke, J. (later C. J.), in Thomas v. Sanderlin, 173 N.C. 329, 332, 91 S.E. 1028, 1029. Absent such constitutional restraint, questions as to public policy are for legislative determination. Reid v. Norfolk Southern R. R., 162...

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