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WINKLER v. N.C. STATE BD. OF PLUMBING

No. 319PA18.

843 S.E.2d 207 (2020)

Dale Thomas WINKLER, and DJ's Heating Service v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF PLUMBING, Heating & Fire Sprinkler Contractors.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bailey & Dixon, LLP, by Jeffrey P. Gray , Raleigh, for petitioner-appellants.

Young Moore and Henderson P.A., Raleigh, by Angela Farag Craddock , John N. Fountain , and Reed N. Fountain , for respondent-appellee.

Nichols, Choi & Lee, PLLC, by M. Jackson Nichols , Anna Baird Choi , Raleigh, and Christina D. Cress ; and North Carolina Real Estate Commission, by Janet B. Thoren , for the North Carolina Board of Architecture, North Carolina Board of Barber Examiners, North Carolina Real Estate Commission, North Carolina State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, and State Licensing Board for General Contractors, amici curiae.

In this case, the Court is asked to consider whether a trial court may award attorney's fees to a prevailing party in a disciplinary action by a licensing board. Because we conclude that N.C.G.S. § 6-19.1 does not preclude a trial court from awarding attorney's fees in disciplinary...

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