Legal Opinion
Beaufort County v. Beaufort County
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided June 19, 2007No. COA06-1419PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, Judge.
Media General Operations, Inc. ("Media General") appeals from an oral order prohibiting the parties and their attorneys from communicating with the media ("the gag order") during civil litigation between the Beaufort County Board of Education ("the School Board") and the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners ("the Commissioners"). We vacate the gag order.
I. Background
Media General operates WNCT-TV, a television station engaged in gathering and broadcasting news. WNCT-TV is located in Greenville and its broadcast coverage area includes Beaufort County.
On 14 July 2006, the School…
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