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NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASS'N, v. SPANGLER

No. 8810SC1004.

381 S.E.2d 187 (1989)

The NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION, INC., and The News and Observer Publishing Company, d/b/a The News and Observer and The Raleigh Times, Petitioners, v. C.D. SPANGLER, Jr., President of the University of North Carolina and Arthur Padilla, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of North Carolina, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Gen. Thornburg by Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Edwin M. Speas, Jr. and Asst. Atty. Gen. Laura E. Crumpler, Raleigh, for respondents-appellants.

Tharrington, Smith and Hargrove by Wade H. Hargrove and Randall M. Roden, Raleigh, for petitioners-appellees.

EAGLES, Judge.

Respondents bring forward five assignments of error that question three findings of the trial court. Respondents contend that the court erred in finding petitioners were the prevailing party in the action to compel disclosure of the reports, in finding no special circumstances which would make the award of fees unjust, and in finding that the records were withheld without substantial justification. We disagree with respondents' argument and affirm the...

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