Boyce v. N.C. State Bar
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
I. Introduction
On 5 January 2016, Gordon E. Boyce ("Plaintiff") filed a declaratory judgment action pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-254 et seq. seeking a "declaration of the right, status or other relations" between Plaintiff and the North Carolina State Bar ("Defendant"). The trial court dismissed Plaintiff's request for declaratory judgment on two grounds: (1) Plaintiff lacks standing to bring this complaint under Rule 12(b)(1) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, and therefore the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction; and (2) the complaint "presents no viable case or…
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