North Carolina business owners who were closed during the declared pandemic are taking another swing at getting financial compensation for their financial losses.
The North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association filed a brief on Monday asking the Court of Appeals to reconsider a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper seeking “compensation for the government’s taking of private property” that a trial judge initially shot down in March.
The brief argues that the private property of members of the association is equivalent to their right to operate their businesses, and that property right was taken by the government when their businesses were closed….