The News & Observer Publ'g Co. v. McCrory

STEPHENS, Judge.

*212 This appeal arises from a partial grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of Plaintiffs. Defendants argue that Plaintiffs' claims are barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity, or, in the alternative, that Plaintiffs' claims are either precluded under the principles of declaratory and mandamus relief in this State, or are moot. In light of our well-established precedent regarding interlocutory appeals, only Defendants' sovereign immunity contentions could provide them a path to immediate appellate review. However, because the record in this matter reveals that…