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ELKIN TRIBUNE, INC. v. YADKIN COUNTY COM'RS

No. 431PA91.

417 S.E.2d 465 (1992)

331 N.C. 735

The ELKIN TRIBUNE, INC., the North Carolina Press Association, Inc., and the North Carolina First Amendment Foundation, Inc. v. YADKIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Grady J. Hunter, Arthur H. Winters, Michael D. Crouse, Ronald O. Ball and Thomas T. Wooten; and John Barber, Interim County Manager.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens by Katherine R. White, Raleigh, and Everett & Everett by James A. Everett, Elkin, for plaintiffs-appellees.

James Lee Graham, Yadkinville, and Finger, Parker & Avram by Raymond A. Parker, II, Jonesville, for defendants-appellants.

James B. Blackburn, III, Raleigh, for amicus curiae North Carolina Ass'n of County Com'rs.

S. Ellis Hankins, Gen. Counsel, and Kimberly L. Smith, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Raleigh, for amicus curiae North Carolina League of Municipalities.

WEBB, Justice.

This case brings to the Court a question as to the availability to the public of the names and applications of people who have applied for the position of county manager in a county of this state. N.C.G.S. § 153A-98 provides in part:

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 132-6 or any other general law or local act concerning access to public records, personnel files of employees, former employees, or applicants for employment maintained...

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