Arnold v. Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill

BRYANT, Judge.

Where plaintiffs' claims fail to demonstrate a particularized actual injury and are not based on a legally protected interest as required by North Carolina law, plaintiffs cannot establish standing, and the trial court did not err in granting defendant's motion to dismiss.

Plaintiffs James Arnold and Leah Metcalf attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("defendant" or "UNC") on athletic scholarships and graduated in 2006 and 2009, respectively. They assert their education was faulty as a result of defendant enrolling student athletes into "hundreds of sham…