City Argues That Courts Have No Power To Alter Tax Policies

RALEIGH - Lumberton officials are using an unprecedented taxation defense in an Internet sweepstakes lawsuit before the state Supreme Court that features constitutional separation of powers issues and arcane legal protections dating from the Great Depression. Joined by the powerful North Carolina League of Municipalities, the city is advancing the novel legal argument that the judiciary has...

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