Dell attorney asks court to dismiss incentives lawsuit
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
By Chris Fitzsimon
By GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press Writer
A lawyer for computer maker Dell Inc. asked a judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit challenging the legality of a $300 million-plus incentives package for his client, arguing that North Carolina courts decided 10 years ago that such deals were legal.
Seven taxpayers who sued state and local governments and the computer maker still contend that the state and U.S. constitutions prohibit tax breaks for individual companies because they harm the public and give the firm an unfair advantage.
"To suddenly change course, and hold these incentives are unconstitutional, would send a message nationally - and even more importantly in this day and age - internationally, that North Carolina is no longer friendly to business," Dell attorney Burley Mitchell told Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood. (more…)
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