Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 559A05. Advocates Law Offices of G. Grady Richardson, Jr., P.C., by G. Grady Richardson, Jr., for plaintiff-appellants. Roger Lee Edwards, RA., by Roger Lee Edwards, for defendant-appellee Town of Long Beach, now Town of Oak Island. Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by V. Lori Fuller, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-appellee State of North Carolina. Judges PER CURIAM. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION PROPERTY RIGHTS ADVOCACY GROUP, ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED REAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS OF AND IN THE TOWN OF OAK ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, AND HONORABLE JAMES W. BETTER, INDIVIDUALLY v. TOWN OF LONG BEACH, A FORMER NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND BODY POLITIC, NOW KNOWN AND REFERRED TO AS TOWN OF OAK ISLAND, A NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND BODY POLITIC, AND SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE FORMER TOWN OF LONG BEACH; TOWN OF OAK ISLAND, A NORTH CAROLINA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND BODY POLITIC; AND THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED.