Adams Creek Assocs. v. Davis

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 3A08-4 Filed 21 September 2018 ADAMS CREEK ASSOCIATES v. MELVIN DAVIS and LICURTIS REELS 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. ___, 810 S.E.2d 6 (2018), affirming an order denying motions in the cause entered on 13 June 2016 by Judge Benjamin G. Alford in Superior Court, Carteret County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 29 August 2018. Armstrong Law Firm, P.A., by L. Lamar Armstrong, Jr. and L. Lamar Armstrong, III, for plaintiff-appellee. Hairston Lane, P.A., by James E. Hairston, Jr., for defendant-appellants. Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, by William G. Simpson, Jr.; and Goldsmith Resolutions, by Frank Goldsmith, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae. PER CURIAM. The decision of the Court of Appeals is vacated, and this case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the trial court for findings of fact concerning defendants’ ability to comply with the removal of the structures as a condition of the 2011 Contempt Order. In the trial court, defendants also are without ADAMS CREEK ASSOCS. V. DAVIS Opinion of the Court prejudice to advance claims not briefed or previously raised but discussed at oral arguments before this Court. VACATED AND REMANDED. -2-