350 N.C. 60
510 S.E.2d 374
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 5, 1999
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1999-02-05
Relies on Nesbit v. Howard · Kempson v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources
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Decided 1999-02-05
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently March 2013
24 state decisions
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¶1 Chief Justice Mitchell and Associate Justices Parker and Wainwright voted to affirm and Associate Justices Frye, Lake and Orr voted 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); Kempson v. N.C. Dep’t of Human Resources, 328 N.C. 722, 403 S.E.2d 279 (1991).
¶2 AFFIRMED.