In re Smith

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: March 17, 2017
• Docket: 88A16
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 88A16

Filed 17 March 2017 IN THE MATTER OF TOMMIE JUNIOR SMITH, 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 a decision and order filed on 7 May 2015 by the North Carolina Industrial

Commission and remanding the matter to the Commission for transfer to the

Superior Court, Wake County, under 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. IN RE SMITH

Opinion of the Court

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.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

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