Opinion · Supreme Court of North Carolina

Pinehurst Inc. v. O'Leary Brothers Realty, Inc.

316 N.C. 378

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Date
1986-04-07
Topic
litigation

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover attorney's fees where the defendants' actions caused a disruption of the plaintiffs' business, even though the plaintiffs had offered no proof of the actual monetary value of the damages
  • plaintiff awarded $1 in nominal damages, and thus $3 in treble damages for unfair practices violation
  • punitive damages not recoverable under Chapter 75

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Pinehurst Inc. v. O'Leary Brothers Realty, Inc.. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by
31 opinions
342 S.E.2d 896 (1986) 316 N.C. 378

PINEHURST, INC. and Pinehurst Receivables Associates, Inc.
v.
O'LEARY BROTHERS REALTY, INC., Timothy W. O'Leary, and Dennis O'Leary.

No. 137P86.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1986.

*897 Barrington, Allen & Pinnix, Raleigh, for defendants.

Petree, Stockton & Robinson, Charlotte, for plaintiffs.

John F. Maddrey, Asst. Atty. Gen, Raleigh, for State.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. § 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 7th day of April 1986."

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants in this matter for Writ of Supersedeas and Temporary Stay of the judgment of the Court of Appeals in this matter, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 7th day of April 1986."