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BEAUFORT COUNTY v. BEAUFORT COUNTY

No. COA06-1419.

645 S.E.2d 857 (2007)

BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Plaintiff, v. BEAUFORT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schwartz & Shaw, P.L.L.C., by Richard A. Schwartz, Brian C. Shaw, and Rachel B. Hitch, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

No brief filed for defendant-appellee.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by Mark J. Prak, Charles E. Coble, and Elizabeth E. Spainhour, The Bussian Law Firm, PLLC, by John A. Bussian, Raleigh, for movant-appellant.

TYSON, Judge.

Media General Operations, Inc. ("Media General") appeals from an oral order prohibiting the parties and their attorneys from communicating with the media ("the gag order") during civil litigation between the Beaufort County Board of Education ("the School Board") and the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners ("the Commissioners"). We vacate the gag order.

I. Background

Media General operates WNCT-TV, a television station engaged...

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