BOYCE & ISLEY, PLLC v. COOPER

No. COA10-243.

710 S.E.2d 309 (2011)

BOYCE & ISLEY, PLLC, Eugene Boyce, R. Daniel Boyce, Philip R. Isley, and Laura B. Isley, Plaintiffs, v. Roy A. COOPER, III, the Cooper Committee, Julia White, Stephen Bryant, and Kristi Hyman, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce & Isley, PLLC, Raleigh, by G. Eugene Boyce and R. Daniel Boyce ; Patterson Dilthey, LLP, Raleigh, by Ronald C. Dilthey ; and Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, PA, Raleigh, by Philip R. Isley , for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Jim W. Phillips, Jr. and Charles E. Coble ; and Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP, Greensboro, by Alan W. Duncan , Allison O. Van Laningham , and Stephen M. Russell, Jr. , for Defendants-Appellants.

Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, Raleigh, by Hugh Stevens , for Amicus The North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc.


BEASLEY, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a trial court order denying their motion for summary judgment. After a review of the record evidence and relevant authority, we affirm the trial court's order.

The underlying facts of this appeal have been discussed at length in Boyce & Isley, PLLC v. Cooper, 153 N.C. App. 25, 568 S.E.2d 893 (2002) ("Boyce I") and Boyce & Isley, PLLC v. Cooper, 169 N.C....

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