Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of NC laws protecting hog industry from nuisance actions

State lawmakers allegedly violated the North Carolina constitution when they passed legislation that stripped residents of their right to sue industrialized hog operations for nuisance, according to a legal complaint filed this week.

The complaint, filed in state court, claims the NC Farm Acts of 2017 and 2018 are unconstitutional because they create a special class — people who are prohibited from suing agricultural and forestry operations from nuisance suits.

The laws also allegedly violate due process and private property rights, including the right of jury trial in these cases.

The complaint asks the court to overturn the Farm Acts on these constitutional grounds.

Read more: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2019/06/21/lawsuit-challenges-constitutionality-of-nc-laws-protecting-hog-industry-from-nuisance-actions/