DOE v. DOE

No. COA17-1368.

823 S.E.2d 583 (2018)

John DOE, by and Through His Guardian ad Litem, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John DOE, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: December 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for plaintiffs.

Player McLean, LLP, by James A. McLean, III , Fayetteville; and McCoy Wiggins Cleveland & McLean PLLC, by Richard M. Wiggins , Fayetteville; and Beaver, Courie, Sternlicht, Hearp & Broadfoot, P.A., by H. Gerald Beaver and David T. Courie, Sr. , Fayetteville, for defendants-appellees.

Essex Richards, P.A., by Jonathan E. Buchan , Natalie D. Potter , and Caitlin H. Walton , Charlotte; and by John J. Korzen , for appellant DB North Carolina Holdings, Inc. d/b/a The Fayetteville Observer.

Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC, Raleigh, by Hugh Stevens , for amici curiae.


Appellant DB North Carolina Holdings, Inc. d/b/a/ The Fayetteville Observer ("Newspaper") appeals from the trial court's orders permanently sealing the entire court file and denying its motion for access. Newspaper contends that the trial court's orders sealing this file were unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the United...

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