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Goldston v. State

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 8, 2010
364 N.C. 416 (N.C. 2010)

Opinion

         Heard in the Supreme Court 7 September 2010.

         Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, __ N.C.App. __, 683 S.E.2d 237 (2009), affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment and order entered 27 March 2008 by Judge Joseph R. John, Sr., in Superior Court, Wake County.

         Boyces&s Isley, PLLC, by G. Eugene Boyce and R. Daniel Boyce; and North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, by Robert F. Orr and Jeanette K. Doran, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellees.

         Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Norma S. Harrell, Special Deputy Attorney General, John F. Maddrey, Assistant Solicitor General, and Christopher G. Browning, Jr., Solicitor General, for defendant-appellants.

         Womble Carlyle Sandridges&sRice, PLLC, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. Raleigh, for James E. Holshouser, Jr., James B. Hunt, Jr., James G. Martin, Willis P. Whichard, John L. Sanders, and Marvin Dorman, amici curiae.

         Blanchard, Miller, Lewiss&sIsley, P.A., by E. Hardy Lewis, Raleigh, for Joe Hackney, Harold J. Brubaker, Hugh Holliman, Paul Stam, Marc Basnight, Dan Blue, Daniel G. Clodfelter, Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr., and National Conference of State Legislatures, amici curiae.


          OPINION

          PER CURIAM.

          Justice TIMMONS-GOODSON took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. The remaining members of the Court are equally divided, with three members voting to affirm and three members voting to reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals. Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed and stands without precedential value. See, e.g., Formyduval v. Britt, 361 N.C. 215, 639 S.E.2d 443 (2007); Pitts v. Am. Sec. Ins. Co., 356 N.C. 292, 569 S.E.2d 647 (2002).

          AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Goldston v. State

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 8, 2010
364 N.C. 416 (N.C. 2010)
Case details for

Goldston v. State

Case Details

Full title:W.D. GOLDSTON, JR., JAMES E. HARRINGTON, AND CITIZENS, TAXPAYERS, AND…

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Oct 8, 2010

Citations

364 N.C. 416 (N.C. 2010)
364 N.C. 416

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