UDC, N.C. DIV. v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM

No. 21A21.

881 S.E.2d 32 (2022)

2022-NCSC-143

UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, North Carolina Division, Inc., and James B. Gordon Chapter #211 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, North Carolina Division, Inc. v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, BY AND THROUGH Allen JOINES, Mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Forsyth County; County of Forsyth, North Carolina, by and through David R. Player, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners; and Winston Courthouse, LLC.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Davis , for plaintiff-appellants.

Anargiros N. Kontos , Deputy City Attorney, and Angela I. Carmon , City Attorney, for defendant-appellee City of Winston-Salem.

B. Gordon Watkins III , County Attorney, for defendant-appellee Forsyth County.

Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler, P.A., Winston-Salem, by Jodi D. Hildebran ; and Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Winston-Salem, by Lorin J. Lapidus , for defendant-appellee Winston Courthouse, LLC.

Mark Dorosin and Elizabeth Haddix , Pittsboro, for Chatham for All, North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System, Dr. Joyce Blackwell, Dr. Phillip A. Clay, Algin Holloway, Patrice High, Edith A. Hubbard, Walter Jackson, Bradley Johnson, Philip McAlpin, Angelia Euba McKoy, Henry Clay McKoy, Lisa V. Moore, Moses G. Parker, Melvin L. Watt, Melvin L. Williams, Camille Z. Roddy, and Jimmy Barnes, amici curiae.

Matthew R. Joyner , Charlotte, and H. Edward Phillips for Sons of Confederate Veterans, amicus curiae.


¶ 1 In this case, plaintiff United Daughters of the Confederacy, North Carolina Division, Inc., challenges a decision made by defendant City of Winston Salem to remove a Confederate monument from the grounds of the former Forsyth County Courthouse.1 Although the courthouse and surrounding real property...

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