Judge Stanley Peele

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1. January 1, 1961 L. J. Phipps and Stanley Peele form a law partnership in Chapel Hill Chapel Hill attorney L. J. Phipps took Stanley Peele, associated with him since he was admitted to the bar in 1959, into partnership. People: Luther James Phipps Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough): Phipps, Peele now partners in law firm, January 5, 1961, p. 3
2. November 12, 1968 Carrboro commissioners move to fight the University's 40 per cent water rate increase The Carrboro Board of Commissioners authorized town attorney Stanley Peele to protest the University Service Plants' 40 per cent increase in Carrboro's water rates to Chancellor Sitterson and, if that failed, to the State Utilities Commission. Town manager Bill Britt said the town had been deducting 40 per cent from each University water bill and that the University bought Durham water at 15 cents a thousand gallons while charging Carrboro two or three times as much. People: Judge Stanley Peele Place: Carrboro · Also named: Bill BrittThe Daily Tar Heel, November 16, 1968, p. 1
3. August 1976 Judge Stanley Peele wins the Democratic primary for his district court seat Incumbent district judge Stanley Peele of Chapel Hill won the primary with 13,390 votes to 5,445 for Chapel Hill attorney Charles Hodson and 2,171 for Gerid Cumby of Alamance. Place: Orange County · Also named: Charles HodsonSearch the index · North Carolina Anvil (DigitalNC): primary results, August 19, 1976, p. 3
4. November 28, 1977 Chief District Judge Peele halts Carrboro fire-lane towing In a class-action suit by four Carrboro residents, three of them UNC students, Chief District Court Judge Stanley Peele issued a temporary restraining order barring the town from enforcing its ordinance allowing cars to be towed from marked fire lanes on private property. Place: CarrboroSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: Carrboro towing suit, December 1, 1977, p. 1
5. October 1978 Plans are announced for a Chapel Hill branch of the Orange County court clerk's office Clerk of Superior Court Frank Frederick and Chief District Court Judge Stanley Peele announced plans for a Chapel Hill branch of the clerk's office, to open in January and handle traffic tickets and other misdemeanors docketed for district court in Chapel Hill. Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Frank FrederickSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: court clerk branch office item, October 12, 1978, p. 1
6. early July 1981 The General Assembly gives the Orange-Chatham district court a third judge In early July 1981 the General Assembly created a new district court judgeship for District 15-B, giving Orange and Chatham counties three district judges. The district had split from Alamance County in 1977, and Judge Stanley Peele said that with two judges it had grown increasingly hard to keep up; the governor was to fill the post, and Rep. Patricia Hunt of Orange was reported the leading choice. People: Judge Stanley Peele Place: Orange and Chatham counties · Also named: Patricia HuntSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 22, 1981, p. 1
7. January 31, 1983 Chief District Judge Stanley Peele requires affidavits from merchants in worthless-check cases On January 31, 1983, Chief District Judge Stanley Peele told more than 500 Orange County merchants by letter that from April 1 a merchant bringing a bad check to a magistrate would have to file an affidavit that the identification steps of the state's worthless check law had been followed. Peele put the cost of each case to the state at about $200, and District Attorney Wade Barber said he would rarely prosecute cases merchants had not handled properly, since the courts should stop serving as a collection agency. People: Judge Stanley Peele Place: Orange County · Also named: Wade BarberSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, January 31, 1983, p. 3
8. January 14, 1988 Judge Peele rules in the Hanes Hall CIA protest cases Judge Stanley Peele ruled that three anti-CIA protesters charged with disorderly conduct for chaining themselves at Hanes Hall during CIA recruiting interviews had broken the law, but entered a prayer for judgment continued with no sentence, fine or court costs unless they were convicted of another violation within a year; later in 1988 he jailed one for 21 days and gave another a suspended sentence for violating its terms. Place: Orange County · Also mentions: Hanes HallSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel: CIA protesters item, November 2, 1988, p. 1 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, January 15, 1988, p. 1
9. March 10, 1994 Judge dismisses the first arrest under Chapel Hill's new gun-control law In Chapel Hill District Court, Judge Stanley Peele threw out the town's first prosecution under its new ordinance against carrying a handgun while impaired, ruling that the arresting officer could not testify to what another person had seen; with no other evidence the case was dropped. The Durham man, arrested in January after a tip about a handgun on his dashboard, said he had lost his job over the arrest. People: Judge Stanley Peele Place: Chapel Hill District Court, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, March 15, 1994, p. 3