LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT INC. v. COURTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE

No. COA13-547.

754 S.E.2d 223 (2014)

LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT INC., a Florida Corporation, and Lexisnexis Risk Solutions Inc., a Georgia Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF the COURTS; John W. Smith II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and Nancy Lorrin Freeman, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Raleigh, by Reed J. Hollander , and Meyer, Klipper & Mohr, PLLC, by Christopher A. Mohr , for Plaintiffs.

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Special Deputy Attorney General Grady L. Balentine, Jr. , for Defendants.

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, by W. Jerad Rissler , for amicus curiae Consumer Data Industry Association.

Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC, Raleigh, by Hugh Stevens , for amici curiae The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc.


STEPHENS, Judge.

Procedural History and Factual Background

This appeal raises the issue of whether the Automated Criminal/Infraction System database ("ACIS") is subject to public disclosure under the North Carolina Public Records Act, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 132-1 et seq. ("the Act"). In its order dismissing the matter on the pleadings, the trial court summarized the factual background of the case...

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