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Senate votes to repeal Map Act, bill goes to governor
By Lindsay Marchello Carolina Journal News Service The Map Act‘s days may be numbered. State senators voted June 12 to repeal the Map Act, the law allowing the N.C. Department of […]
DOT ordered to appraise Map Act properties, pay owners
After waiting since the 1990s for the North Carolina Department of Transportation to pay for taking their homes, businesses and other properties through Map Act filings, hundreds of residents are […]
State’s appellate courts to hear Map Act cases
The North Carolina Supreme Court is expected to hear the state Department of Transportation’s challenge of a landmark Court of Appeals opinion centered on the Map Act next month. The […]
State fees to outside firms for Map Act litigation range widely
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is shelling out tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars a month to outside law firms that are helping the agency handle a flurry of […]
Map Act plaintiffs urge Supreme Court to shut the door on the DOT
See related story on proposed legislation that would change or repeal the Map Act. A group of property owners who are beating the North Carolina Department of Transportation in a […]
Map Act under attack: Lawmakers want to repeal controversial law
A group of Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation that would repeal the Map Act, a unique and controversial law that saves the state money on road projects but which […]
Ante up: NCDOT could be required to pay attorneys’ fees for low-balling landowners
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the North Carolina Department of Transportation pay for offering unfairly low buyout prices to property owners facing condemnation. The legislation proposes several […]
DOT ordered to pay: Court ruling expected to spur hundreds of new eminent domain suits
For Winston-Salem lawyer Matthew Bryant, the recent North Carolina Court of Appeals decision that holds the state Department of Transportation liable for misusing the Map Act was an I-told-you-so moment […]
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