Title: City of Charlotte v. University Financial Properties, LLC

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
No. 183PA16-2 
 
Filed 28 February 2020 
 
THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE, A North Carolina Municipal Corporation 
 
 
 
v. 
 
UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL PROPERTIES, LLC, a North Carolina Limited 
Liability Company f/k/a/ University Bank Properties Limited Partnership; BANK 
OF AMERICA, N.A. f/k/a NCNB National Bank of North Carolina, Tenant; and Any 
Other Parties in Interest 
 
 
 
On discretionary review under N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous decision of the 
Court of Appeals, 818 S.E.2d 116 (N.C. Ct. App. 2018), reversing an order entered on 
29 September 2016 by Judge Daniel A. Kuehnert in Superior Court, Mecklenburg 
County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 1 October 2019 in session in the Randolph 
County 1909 Historic County Courthouse in the City of Asheboro pursuant to section 
18B.8 of Session Law 2017-57. 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, by Charles C. Meeker and DeWitt F. 
McCarley, for plaintiff-appellant. 
 
Johnston, Allison & Hord, P.A., by R. Susanne Todd, Martin L. White, and 
David V. Brennan, for defendant-appellee. 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
Justice DAVIS did not participate 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. 
CITY OF CHARLOTTE V. UNIV. FIN. PROPERTIES 
 
Opinion of the Court 
 
2 
 
Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed and stands 
without precedential value. See Piro v. McKeever, 369 N.C. 291, 291, 794 S.E.2d 501, 
501 (2016) (per curiam) (affirming a Court of Appeals opinion without precedential 
value by an equally divided vote).  
AFFIRMED.