BONEY PUBLISHERS v. BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL

No. COA01-878.

566 S.E.2d 701 (2002)

BONEY PUBLISHERS, INC. d/b/a The Alamance News, Plaintiff, v. The BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL, and Joseph P. Barbour, Mayor, DR. David L. Maynard, Mayor Pro Tem, David R. Huffman, Mark A. Jones, and Stephen M. Ross, all in their official capacities as officials of the City of Burlington and members of the Burlington City Council, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by John Bussian, Raleigh, for plaintiff.

City Attorney Robert M. Ward; and Thomas, Ferguson & Charns, L.L.P., by Jay H. Ferguson, Durham, for defendants.


MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff, publisher of a weekly newspaper in Alamance County, brought this action on 22 November 2000 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief upon allegations that defendants, as members of the City Council of the City of Burlington (hereinafter "Council" or "defendants"), had violated North Carolina's Open Meetings Law, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 143-318.10 et seq., and Public Records Act, N.C. Gen...

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