WILLIAMS v. N.C. D.N.R.

No. COA03-595.

601 S.E.2d 231 (2004)

Sammie E. WILLIAMS and Williams Seafood, Inc., Petitioners, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Division of Coastal Management and N.C. Coastal Resources Commission, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 7, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pritchett & Burch, PLLC, by Lars P. Simonsen, Windsor, for petitioners-appellees.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General and Jill B. Hickey and Assistant Attorney General Meredith Jo Alcoke, for the State.


STEELMAN, Judge.

Respondents, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management (DCM) and the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC), appeal a trial court order granting attorney's fees and costs to petitioners, Sammie E. Williams and Williams Seafood, Inc. For the reasons discussed herein, we reverse.

On 15 November 1999 petitioners applied for a Coastal...

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