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SANDERS v. STATE PERSONNEL COM'N

No. COA06-149.

644 S.E.2d 10 (2007)

Lula SANDERS, Cynthia Eure, Angeline McInerny, Joseph C. Mobley, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. STATE PERSONNEL COMMISSION, a body politic; Office of State Personnel, a body politic; Thomas H. Wright, State Personnel Director (in his official capacity); Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina, a body politic and corporate; Michael Williamson, Director of the Retirement System Division and Deputy Treasurer of the State of North Carolina (in his official capacity); Richard H. Moore, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Retirement System (in his official capacity); Temporary Solutions, a subdivision of the Office of State Personnel, and State of North Carolina, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, by Gregg E. McDougal, David C. Lindsay, Robert G. Hensley, Jr., Raleigh, Jim Kelly, and Adam Charnes, Winston-Salem, and North Carolina Justice Center, by Jack Holtzman, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Norma S. Harrell and Special Deputy Attorney General Lars F. Nance, for defendants-appellees.

State Employees Association of North Carolina, Inc., by Thomas A. Harris, General Counsel, for Amicus Curiae State Employees Association of North Carolina.

GEER, Judge.

Plaintiffs, who worked for the State for more than 12 months as "temporary" employees, assert that they have been wrongfully denied employment benefits and seek relief under the state constitution, for breach of contract, and under 25 N.C. Admin. Code 1C.0405 (2006). The trial court allowed defendants' motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, concluding that each of the claims was barred by sovereign immunity. Because sovereign...

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