Legal Opinion
Belk v. State ex rel. Attorney General
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided September 15, 1992No. 9126DC517PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Judge.
This appeal arises as the result of action taken by WSOC, a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend the commitment hearing of Timothy Belk (“Belk”).
Apparently, after Belk began exhibiting violent and hallucinatory behavior, family members asked the Shiloh True Light Church of Mint Hill, North Carolina (“Church”) for help in controlling him. The Church responded by confining Belk in a wire cage. Subsequently, several reporters with WSOC investigated and reported *450in a television broadcast the story about Belk. Upon returning to do a follow-up story, they found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Gannett Co. v. DePasqualeSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge NowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Martin v. PrestonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of BelkCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1992