Union Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. Bd. of Trs., Teachers’ & State Employees’ Ret. Sys.

• Decision Date: 29 April 2020
• Docket Number: No. 375P18,375P18
• Citation: 840 S.E.2d 782 (Mem)
• Parties: UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEACHERS’ AND STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM; Dale R. Folwell, State Treasurer (in Official Capacity Only); Steven C. Toole, Director, Retirement Systems Division (in Official Capacity Only)
• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

840 S.E.2d 782 (Mem)

UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

v.BOARD OF TRUSTEES, TEACHERS’ AND STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM; Dale R. Folwell, State Treasurer (in Official Capacity Only); Steven C. Toole, Director, Retirement Systems Division (in Official Capacity Only)

No. 375P18

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 29, 2020

Blake W. Thomas, Deputy General Counsel, For Board of Trustees Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System, et al.

Michael Crowell, Attorney at Law, For Union County Board of Education.

Deborah R. Stagner, Attorney at Law, For Union 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 Union 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.