Riggings Homeowners, Inc. v. Coastal Res. Comm'n ( 2014 )

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 401A13
Filed 19 December 2014
RIGGINGS HOMEOWNERS, INC.,
Petitioner
v.
COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA,
Respondent
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. ___, 747 S.E.2d 301 (2013), affirming an
order entered on 1 June 2012 by Judge Jay D. Hockenbury in Superior Court, New
Hanover County. On 23 January 2014, the Supreme Court allowed respondent’s
petition for discretionary review of additional issues and petitioner’s conditional
petition for discretionary review. Heard in the Supreme Court on 6 October 2014.
Shipman & Wright, L.L.P., by William G. Wright and Gary K. Shipman, for
petitioner-appellant/appellee.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Christine A. Goebel, Assistant Attorney
General, and Mary L. Lucasse and Marc Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorneys
General, for respondent-appellant/appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Justice HUNTER 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
RIGGINGS HOMEOWNERS V. COASTAL RES. COMMN.
Opinion of the Court
stands without precedential value. See, e.g., Amward Homes, Inc. v. Town of Cary,
365 N.C. 305, 716 S.E.2d 849 (2011).
AFFIRMED.
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