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NORTH CAROLINA EX REL. HORNE v. CHAFIN

No. 304PA83.

309 S.E.2d 239 (1983)

NORTH CAROLINA ex rel. Charles E. HORNE, Individually, and upon behalf of all others similarly situated, for the benefit of the City of Charlotte and the County of Mecklenburg, North Carolina v. Betty CHAFIN, Harvey Gantt, Milton Short, Pat Locke, Don Carroll, Charles Danelly, Ron Leeper, Dr. Laura Frech, Minette Trosch, George Selden, Thomas Cox, Jr., Individually, and as Members of the Charlotte City Council, Kenneth R. Harris, Individually, and as Mayor of the City of Charlotte, Edwin H. Peacock, Ann Thomas, Elisabeth Hair, W. Thomas Ray, Individually, and as Members of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Mecklenburg, the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, a Corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 6, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Joseph Beard, Jr., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank B. Aycock, III, Charlotte, for the defendant appellees, Chafin, Gantt, Short, Locke, Carroll, Danelly, Leeper, Frech, Trosch, Selden, Cox, and Harris.

Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & McNair by James O. Cobb and Marvin A. Bethune, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees, Hair, Peacock, Ray and Thomas.

Helms, Mullis & Johnston by Robert B. Cordle, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee, The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff brought this action against the defendants alleging that they illegally used tax funds to pay for a reception for members of the General Assembly and others. The plaintiff contends that these funds were used for the purpose of lobbying members of the General Assembly in an effort to induce them to pass legislation affecting the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County which legislation was contrary to the plaintiff's beliefs.

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