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PAUL L. WHITFIELD, P.A. v. GILCHRIST

No. COA96-577.

485 S.E.2d 61 (1997)

PAUL L. WHITFIELD, P.A., a North Carolina Professional Association, Plaintiff, v. Peter S. GILCHRIST, III, as District Attorney of the 26th Judicial District of the State of North Carolina; and the State of North Carolina, a sovereign governmental entity, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Whitfield, P.A. by Paul L. Whitfield, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Special Deputy Attorney General Charles J. Murray, for defendants.

McGEE, Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars a quantum meruit action against the State of North Carolina.

In the complaints filed in these actions, plaintiff makes the following allegations. Since 1967, Paul Whitfield, plaintiff's principal attorney, has represented defendants in filing various public nuisance actions. Defendant Gilchrist, as District Attorney...

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