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NEWS & OBSERVER PUB. CO. v. STATE

No. 8210SC1087.

309 S.E.2d 731 (1983)

NEWS & OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel Haywood STARLING, Director of the State Bureau of Investigation. The COUNTY OF WAKE v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel Haywood STARLING, Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity. Dr. John A. MURPHY v. STATE of North Carolina, ex rel Haywood STARLING, Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, in his official capacity.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Discretionary Review Allowed February 2, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. J. Michael Carpenter and Associate Atty. Gen. Daniel C. Higgins, Raleigh, for the State.

County Atty. Michael R. Ferrell, Raleigh, for County of Wake.

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by H. Hugh Stevens, Jr., and Nancy Bentson Essex, Raleigh, for petitioner-appellee News and Observer Pub. Co.

WEBB, Judge.

This appeal involves the interpretation of G.S. 114-15 which provides in part:

"All records and evidence collected and compiled by the Director of the Bureau and his assistants shall not be considered public records within the meaning of G.S. 132-1, and following, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and may be made available to the public only upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction."

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