Donna Matias, attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses client Ami Hill’s lawsuit challenging Kill Devil Hills’ rules restricting “itinerant vendors.”
Pacific Legal Foundation’s Donna Matias discusses lawsuit challenging Kill Devil Hills’ economic restrictions
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