Opinion
No. COA17-1020
09-18-2018
WILKES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Petitioner, 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), Respondents.
Tharrington Smith, LLP, Raleigh, by Deborah R. Stagner ; and Michael Crowell, Attorney, by Michael Crowell, for Petitioner-Appellee. Attorney General Joshua H. Stein, by Solicitor General Matthew W. Sawchak, Deputy General Counsel Blake W. Thomas, Deputy Solicitor General Ryan Y. Park, and Special Deputy Attorney General Joseph A. Newsome, for Respondents-Appellants. Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, by Elizabeth L. Troutman and Jill R. Wilson ; and North Carolina School Boards Association, by Legal Counsel Allison Brown Schafer, for North Carolina School Boards Association, amicus curiae.
AFFIRMED.