Title: News & Observer Publishing Co., Inc. v. Coble

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 53PA98
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.; CAPITAL
BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.; ABC, INC.; NATIONAL BROADCASTING
COMPANY; WLFL, INC.; NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION; and NORTH
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, INC.
v.
PAUL COBLE; TOM FETZER; MARC SCRUGGS, JR.; and KIERAN SHANAHAN
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a
unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 128 N.C. App. 307,
494 S.E.2d 784 (1998), reversing a judgment entered on 7 February
1997 which dismissed plaintiffs’ complaint, and reversing an
order entered on 11 February 1997 which taxed attorneys’ fees
against plaintiffs, by Farmer, J., in Superior Court, Wake
County.  Heard in the Supreme Court 29 September 1998.
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by
Mark J. Prak and David Kushner; and Everett, Gaskins,
Hancock & Stevens, by Hugh Stevens and C. Amanda Martin, for
plaintiff-appellees.
Eugene Boyce and Philip Isley for defendant-appellants.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
Justice WYNN did not participate in the consideration or
decision of this case.