BARNETT v. KARPINOS

No. 393P95.

463 S.E.2d 232 (1995)

342 N.C. 190

William BARNETT, Jr., Diana Alston, Jessie Alston, Willie George Brooks, Cristifus Brown, Terry Clark, Emma Council, Maxine Council, Boris Edwards, Kenneth Edwards, Margaret B. Foster, Anita Gattis, Catherine Diane Gordon, Barry Nelson Harrington, Cecil B. Jacobs, Louis J. Jacobs, Ricky Lee Jacobs, Bessine B. Lyons, Limwood Martin, Jessie McLeod, Joann McLeod, Charles Mitchell, Cheryl Mitchell, Keith A. Mitchell, Budd Norwood, Larry Lennie O'Neal, Anthony Page, Jr., Diana D. Riley, Lonnetta Riley, Willie Robinson, Audrey R. Smith, Jeffery Smith, Robert Taylor, Anthony Louis Webb, Donnie C. Webb, Louis E. Webb, and Saundra Woods, Individually and on behalf of others similarly situated v. Ralph KARPINOS, Individually and in his position as Town Attorney for the Town of Chapel Hill, Arnold Gold, Individually and in his position as Chief of Police for the Town of Chapel Hill, Lindy Pendergrass, Individually and in his position as Sheriff of Orange County, Thomas Snipes, Individually and in his position as Chief of the Detective Bureau, Chapel Hill Police Department, Ben Wiseman, Individually and in his position as Detective, Chapel Hill Police Department, Melissa G. McCall, Individually and in her position as Detective, Carrboro Police Department, Marsha E. Gale, Individually and in her position as Detective, Chapel Hill Police Department, Town of Chapel Hill, a Municipal Corporation, Orange County, a Municipal Corporation, Robert Morgan, Individually and in his position as Director, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Charles Dunn, Individually and in his position as Deputy Director, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and Several Unknown Agents of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Individually.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Brough, Chapel Hill, for McCall.

James R. Glover, Chapel Hill, for Barnett et al.

Gary S. Parsons, Patricia P. Kerner, Raleigh, for Karpinos.

Dan M. Hartzog, Raleigh, for Gold, Snipes, Wiseman, et al.

Patricia L. Holland, Kari L. Russwurm, Raleigh, for Gold, Snipes, Wiseman, Gale and Town of Chapel Hill.

Barry T. Winston, William F. Massengale, Chapel Hill, for Barnett et al.


Prior report: 119 N.C. App. 719, 460 S.E.2d 208.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants (Arnold Gold, Thomas Snipes, Ben Wiseman, Marsha Gale and the Town of Chapel Hill) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

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