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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER PUB. CO. v. McCRORY

No. COA16-725.

795 S.E.2d 243 (2016)

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Pat MCCRORY, as Governor of North Carolina, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: December 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Environmental Law Center, by Kimberley Hunter and Douglas William Hendrick ; Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC, by Hugh Stevens , C. Amanda Martin , Raleigh, and Michael J. Tadych ; and North Carolina Justice Center, by Carlene McNulty , for Plaintiffs.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., by David C. Wright, III , Charlotte, and Erik R. Zimmerman , Chapel Hill; and Robert F. Orr , Asheville, for Defendants; Office of General Counsel, by General Counsel Robert C. Stephens, Jr. , Deputy General Counsel Jonathan R. Harris , and Deputy General Counsel Lindsey E. Wakeley , for Defendant McCrory.

This appeal arises from a partial grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of Plaintiffs. Defendants argue that Plaintiffs' claims are barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity, or, in the alternative, that Plaintiffs' claims are either precluded under the principles of declaratory and mandamus relief in this State, or are...

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