In re Hughes ( 2017 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 87A16
Filed 17 March 2017
IN THE MATTER OF MARY LUCILLE HUGHES, by and through VIRGINIA
HUGHES INGRAM, Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Lucille Hughes, Claim
for Compensation Under the North Carolina Eugenics Asexualization and
Sterilization Compensation Program
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of
the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 785 S.E.2d 111 (2016), dismissing an appeal
from an amended decision and order filed on 28 April 2015 by the North Carolina
Industrial Commission and remanding the matter to the Commission for transfer to
the Superior Court, Wake County, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 1-267.1(a1). On 9 June
2016, the Supreme Court allowed the State’s petition for discretionary review of
additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court on 13 February 2017.
UNC Center for Civil Rights, by Elizabeth Haddix and Mark Dorosin; and
Pressly, Thomas & Conley, PA, by Edwin A. Pressly, for claimant-
appellant/appellee.
Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Elizabeth A. Fisher, Assistant Solicitor
General, and Amar Majmundar, Special Deputy Attorney General, for
defendant-appellant/appellee State of North Carolina.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in In re Redmond, ___ N.C. ___, ___ S.E.2d ___ (Mar. 17,
2017) (No. 86A16), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and this case is
remanded to the Court of Appeals.
IN RE HUGHES
Opinion of the Court
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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