ROWLETTE v. STATE

No. COA06-1036.

656 S.E.2d 619 (2008)

Kevin Patrick ROWLETTE, Janith Martin, Marchella Thomas and Wanda Adams, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. STATE of North Carolina, and Richard H. Moore, in his official capacity as the Treasurer for the State of North Carolina, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Futterman Howard Watkins Wylie & Ashley, Chtd., by John R. Wylie, pro bac vice, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Douglas A. Johnston, for the State.


STEPHENS, Judge.

"[T]he security of Property[,]" Alexander Hamilton informed the Philadelphia Convention in May of 1787, is one of the "great objects] of Gov[ernment.]" 1 The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 302 (Max Farrand ed.1911). Accordingly, the United States Constitution provides that "private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation." U.S. Const. amend. V.1 Although North Carolina...

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