Dickson v. Rucho

Feb 11, 2016
No. 201PA12-3
Reporters:
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Before:
Ervin

ORDER

Plaintiff-Appellants’ Rule 31 Petition for Rehearing is denied as to the second and third issues. As to the ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‍remaining first issue, plaintiff-appellants’ petition is dismissed on procedural grounds. Plaintiff-appellants waived review of this argument by failing to raise it in their brief on remand. See N.C. R. App. P. 28(a) (“Issues not presented and discussed in a ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‍party’s brief are deemed abandoned.”); N.C. R. App. P. 28(b)(6) (“Issues not presented in a party’s brief, or in support of which no reason or argument is stated, will be taken as abandoned.”).

This Court’s 18 December 2015 opinion ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‍is modified as follows: the sentence stating “Alabama’s Constitution does not contain a Whole County Provision” is deleted, and the words in the next sentence, “that state,” are replaced with the word, “Alabama.” Dickson v. Rucho, No. ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‍201PA12-3, 2015 N.C. LEXIS 1281, at *34 (Dec. 18, 2015).

By order of the Court in Conference, this 11th day of February, 2016.

s/Ervin, J.

For the Court

WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‍this the 11th day of February, 2016.

CHRISTIE S. CAMERON ROEDER Clerk of the Supreme Court

s/M.C. Hacknev Assistant Clerk