Court of Appeals of North Carolina March 3, 1987, No. 8610SC617 (Star Automobile Co. v. Saab-Scania of America, Inc.)

ORR, Judge.

Respondent contends that the superior court exceeded the bounds of appropriate judicial review by engaging in independent fact finding when it reversed the Commissioner’s decision. We do not agree.

*533Since this case began before 1 January 1986, N.C.G.S. § 150A-51, recodified as N.C.G.S.