THIGPEN v. COOPER

No. COA12-582.

739 S.E.2d 165 (2013)

Jeff L. THIGPEN, et. al., Plaintiffs, v. Roy A. COOPER, III, Attorney General and The State of North Carolina, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, James, Rowlett & Cohen, LLP, Greensboro, by Norman B. Smith , for plaintiffs-appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Special Deputy Attorney General Valerie L. Bateman and Assistant Attorney General Susannah P. Holloway , for defendants-appellees.


GEER, Judge.

Plaintiffs Jeff L. Thigpen, Reverend Randall J. Keeney, Reverend Julie Peeples, Reverend Dr. Daniel G. Koenig, Mary Jamis, Starr Johnson, Frank L. Benedetti, Thomas G. Trowbridge, Carolyn S. Weaver, and Alan Brilliant appeal from the trial court's order dismissing their declaratory judgment action alleging that three North Carolina marriage statutes violate their constitutional rights to free exercise of religion and separation of church and state. On...

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