Saine v. State

HUNTER, Robert C., Judge.

Jason R. Sainé and Donald Reid (“plaintiffs”) appeal from the trial court’s order granting the State of North Carolina, Beverly Perdue, J. Keith Crisco, and Johnson and Wales University’s (“defendants”) motion to dismiss the allegations in plaintiffs’ complaint. After careful review, we affirm.

Background

In 2003, the General Assembly passed Session Law 2003-284, which was the first of five session laws allocating funds from the State’s One North Carolina Fund to Johnson and Wales University, a private, non-profit university located in Charlotte, North Carolina. 1…