A sealed document has resolved a legal dispute that found Rocky Mount’s mayor facing sanctions based on his work as a private attorney.
A substitute circuit judge filed an order earlier this month dismissing the case against Holland Perdue for alleged actions in the case of a contested will. Opposing counsel in that case claimed in court documents that Perdue had filed and signed off on manipulated information in Franklin County Circuit Court after missing a legal deadline.
Judge William Broadhurst — a retired jurist called to hear the case after Franklin County Circuit Judge Timothy Allen recused himself — signed an order agreed on by all parties in the case. The order, filed July 7, states that a settlement agreement was filed under seal.
Perdue, reached by phone Thursday, declined to comment on the case, as did his Roanoke-based attorney, John Lichtenstein. But in a Facebook post dated June 27, Perdue referenced the settlement while rescinding a previous post alleging that the motion for sanctions had been “politically motivated.”…