NOVA UNIVERSITY v. UNIVERSITY OF N. C.

No. 8010SC176.

267 S.E.2d 596 (1980)

NOVA UNIVERSITY v. The UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA; the Board of Governors, University of North Carolina; William Friday, President, University of North Carolina; William Johnson, Chairman, Board of Governors, University of North Carolina; Mrs. Howard Holderness; Dr. E. B. Turner; Irwin Belk; F. P. Bodenheimer; Hugh Cannon; Philip G. Carson; Laurence A. Cobb; T. Worth Coltrane; Wayne A. Corpening; Mrs. Kathleen R. Crosby; Dr. Hugh Daniel, Jr.; William A. Dees, Jr.; Charles Z. Flack, Jr.; Jacob H. Froelich, Jr.; Daniel C. Gunter, Jr.; George Watts Hill; Luther H. Hodges, Jr.; James E. Holmes; Robert L. Jones; John R. Jordan, Jr.; Mrs. John L. McCain; Reginald McCoy; William D. Mills; Mrs. Hugh Morton; J. Aaron Prevost; Louis T. Randolph; Harley F. Shuford, Jr.; Maceo A. Sloan; David J. Whichard, II; Mrs. George D. Wilson, Members of the Board of Governors, University of North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powe, Porter, Alphin & Whichard by E. K. Powe, Willis P. Whichard and Charles R. Holton, Durham Glassie, Pewett, Dudley, Beebe & Shanks by Hershel Shanks and Michael A. Gordon, Washington D.C., for plaintiff-appellant and appellee.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Elizabeth C. Bunting and Marvin Schiller, Asst. Attys. Gen., Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


WEBB, Judge.

The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina is empowered to license nonpublic educational institutions by G.S. 116-15 which provides in part:

(a) No nonpublic educational institution created or established in this State after December 31, 1960, by any person, firm, organization, or corporation shall have power or authority to confer degrees upon any person except as provided in this section. For the purposes of this section, the...

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