STEPHENSON v. BARTLETT

No. 1 CV 02885.

560 S.E.2d 550 (2002)

Ashley STEPHENSON, individually, and as a resident and registered voter of Beaufort County, North Carolina; Leo Daughtry, individually, and as Representative for the 95th District, North Carolina House of Representatives; Patrick Ballentine, individually, and as Senator for the 4th District, North Carolina Senate; Art Pope, individually, and as Representative for the 61st District, North Carolina House of Representatives, and Bill Cobey, individually, and as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated; Plaintiffs—Petitioners, v. Gary BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the State Board of Elections; Larry Leake, Rose Vaughn Williams, Genevieve C. Sims, Lorraine G. Shinn, and Charles Winfree, as members of the State Board of Elections; James B. Black, as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; Marc Basnight, as President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate; Michael Easley, as Governor of the State of North Carolina; and Roy Cooper, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Farr, James C. Dever, III, Terence D. Friedman, Phillip J. Strach, Raleigh, for Stephenson et al.

Tiare B. Smiley, Special Deputy Attorney General, for Bartlett, et al.


ORDER

The trial court having entered its order on 20 February 2002 and given the extraordinary nature of this civil action, in the exercise of this Court's supervisory authority under Article IV of the Constitution of North Carolina and to expedite decision in the public interest and in the interest of the orderly administration of justice, the Court, pursuant to Appellate Rule 2, for the purposes set forth below, hereby suspends application of the North...

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