“Raleigh is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States,” city lawyers wrote. It’s not clear who has the legal right to challenge zoning decisions, Raleigh’s lawyers argued. “The inconsistency in standing law has made defending, and even making, legislative decisions more difficult,” according to the brief. Raleigh seeks two “critical” results from the Supreme Court’s review of the Rockingham County case, the brief explained. “Definitively adopting this test for legislative zoning civil actions would provide much needed predictability and consistency.”