H.B.S. Contractors, Inc. v. Cumberland County Board of Education

MARTIN, Mark D., Judge.

Defendant Cumberland County Board of Education (Board) appeals from the trial court’s declaration that the Board violated the Open Meetings Law, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-318.9, et seq.; and plaintiff H.B.S. Contractors (HBS) appeals from the trial court’s subsequent refusal to declare the Board’s order terminating HBS’ contract null and void.

At the outset we note N.C.R. App. P. 28(j) requires that briefs filed in this Court be “formatted according to Rule 26 and . . . limited to 35 pages of text....” N.C.R. App. P. 28(j). Under Rule 26(g) “[a]ll printed matter must appear…