Multimedia Publishing of North Carolina, Inc. v. Henderson County

HUNTER, Judge.

Defendant-appellant Henderson County Board of Commissioners (herein representing defendant-appellant Henderson County and collectively referred to as “the Board”) appeals the trial court’s order finding it had violated the Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Act and, awarding plaintiff-appellee Multimedia Publishing of North Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Asheville Citizen Times Publishing Company, a North Carolina Corporation, (herein “plaintiff”) attorney’s fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On 12 November 1998, the Board convened a special public session to “considerf]…