Court of Appeals of North Carolina August 29, 1978, 775SC795 (Blake v. Norman)

CLARK, Judge.

Defendants’ plea that the

Batson

and

Cutts

cases are

res judicata

and a bar to plaintiffs’ claim requires an examination of these cases, which were introduced in evidence at the hearing on defendants’ plea. See

Batson v. Bell,

249 N.C. 718, 107 S.E. 2d 562 (1959), and

Cutts v. Casey,

271 N.C. 165, 155 S.E. 2d 519 (1967); 275 N.C. 599, 170 S.E. 2d 598 (1969); and 278 N.C. 390, 180 S.