Woodard v. Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System No. 95A93 (Filed 5 November 1993) No Headnotes. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA FILED: 11 November 1993 WILLIAM H. WOODARD, ) on behalf of himself and ) all others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 95A93 - Wake ) NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ) EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ) a corporation; BOARD OF TRUSTEES ) OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL ) GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ) SYSTEM, a body politic and ) corporate; DENNIS DUCKER, Director ) of the Retirement Systems Division ) and Deputy Treasurer for the State ) of North Carolina (in his official ) capacity); HARLAN E. BOYLES, ) Treasurer of the State of North ) Carolina and Chairman of the Board ) of Trustees of the North Carolina ) Local Governmental Employees' ) Retirement System (in his ) individual and official ) capacities); ) STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) ) Defendants ) Appeal by the plaintiff, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-30(2), from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 108 N.C. App. 378, 424 S.E.2d 431 (1993), reversing the judgment of Cashwell, J., at the 3 May 1991 Civil Session of Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 15 October 1993. ZZMarvin Schiller, and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, by G. Eugene Boyce and Susan S. McFarlane, for the plaintiff-appellant. ZZMichael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Norma S. Harrell ZZand Tiare B. Smiley, Special Deputy Attorneys General, for the defendants-appellees. PER CURIAM. Affirmed.