Shepherd v. Consolidated Judicial Retirement System

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

On appeal to this Court petitioner contends the superior court erred by not making findings of fact and conclusions of law in its judgment of 1 May 1987.

G.S. 150B-17 states that a “declaratory ruling is subject to judicial review in the same manner as an order in a contested case.” Under G.S. 150A-51 the reviewing court was required to set out written reasons only when reversing or modifying an agency decision. The Administrative Procedure Act, formerly Chapter 150A of the North Carolina General Statutes, was recodi-fied as Chapter 150B effective 1 January 1986. G.S.…