Opinion
No. 373P18
04-29-2020
JOHNSTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE TREASURER, RETIREMENT SYSTEMS DIVISION ; Dale R. Folwell, State Treasurer (in Official Capacity Only); Steven C. Toole, Director, Retirement Systems Division (in Official Capacity Only)
Blake W. Thomas, Deputy General Counsel, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al. Michael Crowell, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education. Deborah R. Stagner, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education. Elizabeth L. Troutman, Attorney at Law, For N.C. School Boards Association. Jill R. Wilson, Attorney at Law, For N.C. School Boards Association. Allison B. Schafer, Legal Counsel/Director of Policy, For N.C. School Boards Association. Ryan Y. Park, Deputy Solicitor General, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al. Joseph A. Newsome, Attorney at Law, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al. Lindsey V. Smith, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education.
Blake W. Thomas, Deputy General Counsel, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al.
Michael Crowell, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education.
Deborah R. Stagner, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education.
Elizabeth L. Troutman, Attorney at Law, For N.C. School Boards Association.
Jill R. Wilson, Attorney at Law, For N.C. School Boards Association.
Allison B. Schafer, Legal Counsel/Director of Policy, For N.C. School Boards Association.
Ryan Y. Park, Deputy Solicitor General, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al.
Joseph A. Newsome, Attorney at Law, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al.
Lindsey V. Smith, Attorney at Law, For Johnston County Board of Education.
ORDER
The State’s petition for discretionary review is decided as follows: The Court allows the State’s petition for discretionary review for the limited purpose of remanding this case to the Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of this Court’s decisions in Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer, ––– N.C. ––––, 839 S.E.2d 814 (2020), and Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Bd. of Trs. Teachers’ and State Emps.’ Ret. Sys., ––– N.C. ––––, 839 S.E.2d 331 (2020).
By Order of the Court in Conference, this 29th day of April 2020.