WHITE v. THOMPSON

No. 226A09.

691 S.E.2d 676 (2010)

Charles M. WHITE and Earl Ellis, individually and now or formerly d/b/a Ace Fabrication and Welding, a North Carolina general partnership v. Andrew THOMPSON, Douglas Thompson, and Fran Lurkee, alias.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee & Lee, by Junius B. Lee, III, Whiteville, for plaintiff-appellants.

Ralph G. Jorgensen, Tabor City, for defendant-appellees Andrew Thompson and Douglas Thompson.


NEWBY, Justice.

This case presents the question whether the General Assembly intended unfair or deceptive conduct among partners contained solely within a single business to be "in or affecting commerce" such that a partner's breach of his fiduciary duty owed to his fellow partners violates North Carolina's unfair and deceptive practices act ("the Act"), N.C.G.S. § 75-1.1. With the Act our General Assembly sought to prohibit unfair or deceptive conduct in interactions...

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