The state’s highest court has rejected earlier court rulings in a suit involving members of the UNC-Chapel Hill baseball team and the definition of the words “single-family structure.”
The N.C. Supreme Court agreed with the Appeals Court’s dissent. Justices have instructed the lower courts to adjust their rulings accordingly.
The original ruling and a split decision from the N.C. Court of Appeals had held in favor of the Winding Ridge Homeowners Association, which had sued Zalman Joffe for leasing his home to UNC students who happened to be baseball players.
When the Supreme Court heard the case last month, attorneys argued about the meaning of the words “single-family structure” in the homeowners association’s covenant. The association argued that the words restricted use of Joffe’s home to a single family. Joffe’s attorney argued that the words applied only to the structure.
