Equity Solutions of the Carolinas, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of State Treasurer

GEER, Judge.

Petitioner Equity Solutions of the Carolinas, Inc. appeals from the trial court’s order affirming the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer’s decision to deny Equity Solutions’ request for a declaratory ruling and dismissing Equity Solutions’ petition for judicial review of the State Treasurer’s decision. On appeal, while Equity Solutions contends that the trial court applied an improper standard of review when reviewing the State Treasurer’s decision to deny Equity Solutions’ request for a declaratory ruling, we hold that the trial court employed the correct standard of…