Superior Court Judge W. Russell Duke Jr. has dismissed a lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners which challenges the three-school system within the county.
As Halifax County Commissioners wait for a December 22 hearing in which it will ask to dismiss a lawsuit filed challenging the three-district school system, the judge presiding over the case has made a decision on whether to allow outside attorneys to practice the case.
In calling upon the court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the three-district school configuration in Halifax County, the attorney representing county commissioners builds part of his case using the Evergreen Solutions Report.
The introductory portion of a lawsuit challenging the three-district school configuration in Halifax County “reads more like a press release for political purposes,” than an actual legal document, the attorney representing the county commissioners wrote in a motion to dismiss the action.
Halifax County Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Alma L. Hinton says another judge will most likely be assigned to the bench in the Silver versus the Halifax County Board of Commissioners lawsuit.
A 38-page lawsuit filed today on behalf of students in the Halifax County School System claims the maintenance of three separate systems “obstructs Halifax County's students from securing the opportunity to receive a sound, basic education.”
The city contends council followed all guidelines and requirements when it turned down a conditional use permit for an apartment complex at Villages at Cross Creek.
The decision by Roanoke Rapids City Council last month to turn down a conditional use permit for an apartment complex in the Villages at Cross Creek community was made without substantial evidence and constitutes an abuse of discretion vested in the panel by ordinance and statute, says a writ filed Friday in Halifax County Civil Court.
