Rockingham County is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit challenging a recent 192-acre rezoning. Opponents linked the rezoning to a 2023 dispute over legalizing casino gambling.
A trial judge dismissed the lawsuit from the Camp Carefree summer camp, Kalo Food bakery, and nine individual neighboring property owners in April 2024. But a unanimous three-judge state Appeals Court panel ruled in July that the case could move forward.
Now Rockingham County leaders urge the state’s highest court to overturn the appellate judges’ decision.
“This Petition for Discretionary Review is requesting the [Supreme] Court to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in this case where the Court held that Plaintiffs challenging the zoning decisions of Rockingham County were not required to allege special damages to show standing to file their complaint under the Declaratory Judgment Act,” lawyers led by County Attorney Clyde Albright wrote Monday.
