Bockweg v. Anderson

I must respectfully dissent from the majority opinion.

“Where the language of a statute is clear and unambiguous, there is no room for judicial construction and the courts must give it its plain and definite meaning, and are without power to interpolate or superimpose, provisions and limitations not contained therein.”

State v. Camp, 286 N.C. 148, 152, 209 S.E.2d 754, 756 (1974) (quoting 7 Strong, N.C. Index 2d Statutes § 5 (1968)). Accord, e.g., Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Group, 493 U.S. 120, ---, 107 L. Ed. 2d 438, 445 (1989) (when interpreting a statute, “[o]ur task is to apply the text,…