Wells v. Consolidated Judicial Retirement System

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

The facts of the present case are undisputed. In August of 1979, Judge Hugh A. Wells (“plaintiff”) began serving on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, became a member of the Consolidated Judicial Retirement System (“CJRS”) and made regular contributions to it. His right to retirement benefits vested in August of 1984. On 30 June 1994, plaintiff retired from the bench, at which time he qualified for a CJRS monthly benefit. He received one check from CJRS. One month after plaintiff retired from the Court of Appeals, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. appointed him Chairman of…