Supreme Court Opinions

The North Carolina Supreme Court filed four opinions today:

• In re Foreclosure of Johnson

• Civil case
• Issue: whether a special assessment made by a condominium homeowners association is unlawful and invalid
• Majority opinion written by Justice Timmons-Goodson, affirming decision of Court of Appeals
• Dissenting opinion written by Justice Martin, with Justice Newby and Jackson joining in the dissenting opinion

• State v. Oates

• Criminal case
• Issue: whether the State filed timely notice of appeal from the trial court's order allowing defendant's motion to suppress
• Opinion written by Justice Edmunds, vacating Court of Appeals' dismissal of State's appeal

• McAdams v. Safety Kleen Systems, Inc.

• Worker's compensation case
• Issue: employer admits compensability; whether the Industrial Commission made sufficient findings of fact to support its award when the Commission's opinion recited conflicting facts regarding the extent of the employee's work-related injuries and his differing accounts of how the accident occurred
• Per curiam reversal based on reasons stated in dissenting opinion of the decision of the Court of Appeals

• In re T.A.S.

• Criminal case
• Issue: motion to suppress; constitutionality of an individual search for contraband that went beyond a student's outer clothing based only on generalized suspicion of all students
• Order vacating opinion of the Court of Appeals