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GARLOCK v. WAKE COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. COA10-1123.

712 S.E.2d 158 (2011)

Barbara GARLOCK, Andrew Snee, by and through Julie Snee, his parent and guardian, David Eisenstadt, by and through Alison Eisenstadt, his parent and guardian, Woodrow Barlow, by and through Ava Barlow, his parent and guardian, Judy Pidcock, Erin Byrd, Gerald Wright, and Colethia Evans, Citizens of Wake County, North Carolina, Plaintiffs, v. WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a public body, and its members, in their official capacities, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 19, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blue Stephens & Fellers LLP by Dhamian Blue , Raleigh; North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP by Irving Joyner , Durham; UNC Center for Civil Rights by Mark Dorosin , Chapel Hill; North Carolina Justice Center by Jack Holtzman , Raleigh; Southern Coalition for Social Justice by Anita Earls , Durham; and Wood Jackson PLLC by W. Swain Wood , Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Shanahan Law Group, PLLC by Kieran J. Shanahan and John E. Branch, III , Raleigh, for defendant-cross appellant Wake County Board of Education.

STROUD, Judge.

Intense public interest in actions under consideration by defendant Wake County Board of Education led to increased attendance by members of the public at Board meetings in early 2010, so that on 23 March 2010, the meeting rooms for the Committee of the Whole ("COW") meeting and full Board meeting could not accommodate all who wished to attend. Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit seeking relief under North Carolina's Open Meetings Law stemming from the exclusion...

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