BENJAMIN v. SPARKS

No. 19-2041.

986 F.3d 332 (2021)

Saul Hillel BENJAMIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nicholas SPARKS; Epiphany School of Global Studies; Nicholas Sparks Foundation, Defendants-Appellees, and Missy Blackerby; Tracy Lorentzen; Ken Gray, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lawrence M. Pearson , WIGDOR LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Richard Leonard Pinto , PINTO, COATES, KYRE & BOWERS, PLLC, Greensboro, North Carolina; Hayden J. Silver, III , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Michael J. Willemin , Hilary J. Orzick , WIGDOR LLP, New York, New York; Kristen E. Finlon , ESSEX & RICHARDS, PA, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Theresa M. Sprain , Jonathon D. Townsend , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees Nicholas Sparks and The Nicholas Sparks Foundation. Deborah J. Bowers , PINTO, COATES, KYRE & BOWERS, PLLC, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee Epiphany School of Global Studies.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge King and Judge Thacker joined.


Saul Hillel Benjamin, the former headmaster of the Epiphany School of Global Studies ("Epiphany School"), sued Epiphany School, its founder Nicholas Sparks, the Nicholas Sparks Foundation (the "Sparks Foundation"), and Epiphany School Board of Trustees members Missy Blackerby, Tracy Lorentzen, and Ken Gray (collectively "Defendants...

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