Title: Shackelford v. City of Wilmington

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 561PA97
RONALD E. SHACKELFORD, et al.,
Petitioners
v.
CITY OF WILMINGTON,
Respondent
On writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) to
review the decision of the Court of Appeals, 127 N.C. App. 449,
490 S.E.2d 578 (1997), affirming an order and judgment entered
10 April 1996 by Cashwell, J., in Superior Court, New Hanover
County.  Heard in the Supreme Court 28 September 1998.
Shipman & Associates, L.L.P., by Gary K. Shipman and C. Wes
Hodges, II, for petitioner-appellants.
Thomas C. Pollard, City Attorney, for respondent-appellee.
Adams Hendon Carson Crow & Saenger, P.A., by Martin K.
Reidinger, on behalf of the Good Neighbors Association of
North Carolina, amicus curiae.
North Carolina League of Municipalities, by John M. Phelps,
II, Assistant General Counsel, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
Justice Webb 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 Nesbit v.
Howard, 333 N.C. 782, 429 S.E.2d 730 (1993).
AFFIRMED.