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ARMSTRONG v. LEDGES HOMEOWNERS ASS'N, INC.

No. 640PA05.

633 S.E.2d 78 (2006)

Robert Louis ARMSTRONG and wife, Vivian B. Armstrong; L.A. Moore and wife, E. Ann Moore; and William B. Clore and wife, Rae H. Clore, Petitioners v. The LEDGES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and The Owners of Lots in the Ledges of Hidden Hills Subdivision: Violet M. Myers, C. Donald Larsson/Trustee, Marilyn Barnwell, Charles S. and Cathryn A. Harrell, Thomas Rein Lugus, Jack H. and Roberta M. Crabtree, Dorothy Lois Shimon, Trust, William V. and Joann K. Phillips, Richard and Elizabeth C. Coombes, Guido D. and Eileen J. Migiano, Eugene M. and Lucretia B. Wagner, Jacqueline W. Eadie, Elizabeth H. Schad, Trust, Sunnie Taylor, Sue Edell and T. Hilliard Staton, Albert W. and Ursula K. Jenrette, Theresa M. Wuttke, John Fitzgerald and Robin Renee Holshue, Adrian R. and Marilyn B. Ades, Linda N. Ross, J.D. and Edwina S. Miller, Russell L. and Launa L. Shoemaker, Paul E. and Deborah H. Parker, William Scott and Elizabeth A. Chovan, David N. and Melanie D. Hutto, Tedd M. and Jeannie Pearce, Jimmie J. and Betty J. Remley, Terry N. and Michelle L. McAdoo, Joseph A. and Margaret K. Dinkins, Carlton W. and Frances A. Dence, Clifton F. and Donna Grubbs Sapp, Marvin G. and E. Joyce Katz, Joy N. Parisien, Lewis Edwin and Helen Bookman, and Dennis R. and Dondra C. Setser, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, by Roy H. Michaux, Jr., Charlotte, for petitioner-appellants, Robert and Vivian Armstrong.

Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Sigmon, Furr & Smith, P.A., by Ted F. Mitchell, Gastonia, for respondent-appellee, The Ledges Homeowners Association, Inc., and Dungan & Associates, P.A., by Robert E. Dungan, Asheville, for respondent-appellees Owners of Lots in The Ledges. of Hidden Hills.

Jordan Price Wall Gray Jones & Carlton, PLLC, by Henry W. Jones, Jr., Hope Derby Carmichael, and Brian S. Edlin, and Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP, by Roger W. Knight, Raleigh, Counsel for Research Triangle Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, Inc., amicus curiae.

WAINWRIGHT, Justice.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by subdivision property owners against their homeowners' association. The dispositive question before the Court is to what extent the homeowners' association may amend a declaration of restrictive covenants. The parties agree that a declaration may be amended and that the subdivision in question is not subject to North Carolina's Planned Community...

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