Earl v. Mills

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant John R. Earl is a resident of Cherokee County. In June 2001, he filed a complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief in which he took issue with the legality of the creation of a “Family Court” in Cherokee County by a standing order of the chief judges of the superior and state courts and the presiding judge of the juvenile court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit. Earl also contended the appointment of two judges to preside over the “Family Court” was illegal and unconstitutional. The trial court dismissed the portions of the complaint seeking…