Title: Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Bd. of Trs. Teachers' and State Emps.' Ret. Sys
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 371PA18
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: April 3, 2020

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
No. 371PA18   
Filed 3 April 2020 
CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 
  
v. 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEACHERS’ and STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM; DALE R. FOLWELL, STATE TREASURER, in his official capacity; 
STEVEN C. TOOLE, DIRECTOR, RETIREMENT SYSTEMS DIVISION, in his 
official capacity 
 
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous, 
unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, No. COA17-1019, 2018 WL 4441260 
(N.C. Ct. App. Sept. 18, 2018), affirming a judgment entered on 30 May 2017 by 
Judge James E. Hardin Jr., in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme 
Court on 9 December 2019. 
Michael Crowell; and Tharrington Smith, LLP, by Deborah R. Stagner and 
Lindsay V. Smith, for petitioner-appellee. 
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Matthew W. Sawchak, Solicitor General, 
Blake W. Thomas, Deputy General Counsel, and Ryan Y. Park, Deputy Solicitor 
General, for respondent-appellants. 
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by Elizabeth L. 
Troutman and Jill R. Wilson; and Allison Brown Schafer for North Carolina 
School Boards Association, amicus curiae. 
 
PER CURIAM.  
 
For the reasons stated in Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep’t of State Treasurer, 
No. 369PA18 (N.C. Apr. 3, 2020), the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed. 
CABARRUS CTY. BD. OF EDUC. V. BD. OF TRS. TEACHERS’ AND STATE EMPS.’ RET. SYS. 
 
Opinion of the Court 
 
 
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AFFIRMED. 
 
 
Justice NEWBY dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in 
Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep’t of State Treasurer, No. 369PA18 (N.C. Apr. 3, 
2020).