Capital Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Raleigh

MEYER, Justice.

The dispositive issues before this Court are (1) whether the trial judge had jurisdiction to enter the order dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint, and (2) whether the trial judge erred in dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint for the reason that it was time-barred. The Court of Appeals panel below (1) held that the trial judge erred in signing the dismissal order in question because he lacked jurisdiction to sign the order out of term, and (2) did not reach the issue of the timeliness of the filing of the complaint.

Having determined that the trial judge did not err in entering the order…