Louis B. Meyer was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court

North Carolina Supreme Court

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Meyer was born in Marion, North Carolina

Marion, North Carolina

Marion is a city in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,943 at the 2008 estimated census. It is the county seat of McDowell County.-Geography:Marion is located at ....

 but spent most of his youth in Enfield, North Carolina

Enfield, North Carolina

Enfield is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina founded in 1740 and it is a predominantly African American town. The population was 2,347 at the 2000 census.Enfield is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, where his mentor was local attorney and politician Joseph Branch

Joseph Branch

Joseph Branch was an American jurist who served as Associate Justice and then Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was a native of Halifax County, North Carolina and earned his law degree from Wake Forest University.Branch served in the state House of Representatives from 1947...

. He earned an undergraduate degree at Wake Forest College and then served as an officer in the United States Army

United States Army

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's Chemical Corps. Meyer returned to Wake Forest to complete his law degree in 1960. He then clerked for North Carolina Supreme Court Justice R. Hunt Parker

R. Hunt Parker

Robert Hunt Parker was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court....

, who also hailed from Enfield.

After a stint as an agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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, Meyer engaged in private practice in Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson, North Carolina

Wilson is a city and the county seat of Wilson County in the Coastal Plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The 18th largest city in the state, Wilson had a population of 49,167 according to the 2010 census.- Geography :...

, where he also served as City Attorney.

Governor Jim Hunt

Jim Hunt

James Baxter Hunt Jr. is an American politician who was the 69th and 71st Governor of the state of North Carolina . He is the longest-serving governor in the state's history.-Early life:...

appointed Meyer to the Supreme Court in 1981, where he served alongside Joseph Branch. Justice Meyer was the Court's senior Associate Justice for eight years, before he lost a bid for re-election in 1994. Governor Hunt then appointed him a Special Superior Court Judge. He retired in 1999, shortly before his death from cancer.