Case Name: LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., a Florida Corporation; and LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., a Georgia Corporation v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; JOHN W. SMITH, II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and NANCY LORRIN FREEMAN, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 2014-10-15
Citations: 367 N.C. 773
Docket Number: No. 101PA14
Parties: LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., a Florida Corporation; and LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., a Georgia Corporation v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; JOHN W. SMITH, II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and NANCY LORRIN FREEMAN, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 367
Pages: 773–774

Head Matter:
LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., a Florida Corporation; and LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., a Georgia Corporation v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; JOHN W. SMITH, II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and NANCY LORRIN FREEMAN, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court
From Wake County
No. 101PA14

Opinion:
ORDER
The motion by The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. to file a brief supporting plaintiff-appellants is allowed.
The motion by The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. to participate in oral argument is allowed as follows:
Pursuant to Rule 30 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, petitioner-appellants have a total of thirty minutes in which to present their oral argument. Petitioner-appellants may, but are not compelled to and are under no duty to, cede a portion of those thirty minutes to The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. However, if petitioner-appellants and amici reach an agreement to share time, they together will have a total of thirty minutes of oral argument.
By order of the Court in Conference, this 15th day of October, 2014.
s/Edmunds. J.
For the Court