Legal Opinion
Newberne v. Department of Crime Control & Public Safety
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 19, 2005No. 75A05PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Justice.
On 9 April 2002, plaintiff Trooper Reginald Newberne filed suit against the named institutional and individual defendants, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his employment as a law enforcement officer with the State Highway Patrol in violation of the North Carolina Whistleblower Act, N.C.G.S. § 126-84 to -88. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, which the trial court allowed in an order filed 29 January 2003. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed, Newberne v. Dep’t of Crime…
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