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News and Observer Pub. Co. v. Easley

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided March 6, 2007No. COA06-132PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEER, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the efforts of the News and Observer Publishing Company (the "N & O") to require Governor Michael F. Easley to produce, under North Carolina's Public Records Law, N.C. Gen.Stat. §§ 132-1 through 132-10 (2005), records relating to applications for clemency. Although the Governor agreed to voluntarily provide the N & O with certain clemency records, he specifically declined to produce others. The superior court dismissed the N & O's lawsuit to obtain these records under the Public Records Law on the grounds that it failed to state a claim for relief. N.C.R.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Shaw v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Neuse River Foundation, Inc. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
  5. State Ex Rel. Martin v. PrestonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1989

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cooper v. BergerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2018
  2. State v. MintonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012
  3. Cooper v. BergerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2018
  4. Cooper v. BergerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2018
  5. NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. EasleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 2007

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