Title: N.C. Bowling Proprietors Ass'n, Inc. v. Cooper
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 314PA20
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: September 25, 2020

No. 314PA20 
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 
 
SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
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NORTH CAROLINA BOWLING 
PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION, INC. 
 
v. 
 
ROY A. COOPER, III, in his official capacity as 
the Governor of North Carolina 
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From Wake County 
 
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ORDER 
Plaintiff has filed a lawsuit questioning the authority of defendant Governor 
Roy Cooper to enforce section 8(A) of Executive Order 141 against plaintiff, the North 
Carolina Bowling Proprietors Association, and its 75 member entertainment 
facilities. See Exec. Order 141, § 8(A) (May 20, 2020). The trial court entered an 
interlocutory order granting a preliminary injunction on 7 July 2020 (preliminary 
injunction order). Defendant sought a stay of the order and its review, and this Court 
allowed both the stay and review. Defendant recently issued an executive order that 
superseded and replaced the provisions of Executive Order 141 challenged in this 
case. See Exec. Order 163, § 6(8) (Sept. 1, 2020). Executive Order 163 allows bowling 
centers to resume operations under certain specified safety protocols. See id. 
§ 6(8)(b)(i)–(xi). Since the challenged restriction in Executive Order 141 is no longer 
in effect against plaintiff, we dismiss this appeal as moot, vacate the 7 July 2020 
preliminary injunction order, and remand to Superior Court, Wake County. 
 
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By order of the Court in Conference, this the 25th day of September, 2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
s/Davis, J. 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Court 
 
WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, this 
the 25th day of September, 2020. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMY L. FUNDERBURK 
 
 
 
 
 
Clerk of the Supreme Court of North Carolina 
 
 
 
 
 
s/Amy L. Funderburk 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Clerk