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SIMS-CAMPBELL v. WELCH

No. COA14-938.

769 S.E.2d 643 (2015)

Sandra SIMS-CAMPBELL, Plaintiff, v. Harry L. WELCH, Jr., Individually and in his Official Capacity as Register of Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, by Christina L. Trice and James E. Ferguson, II , for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, L.L.P., Winston-Salem, by James R. Morgan, Jr. , for defendant-appellee.

This case requires us once again to delineate when certain government employees may be fired for political reasons. From 2010 to 2014, Defendant Harry L. Welch was the Rowan County Register of Deeds. In February 2014, Plaintiff Sandra Sims-Campbell, who was Welch's Assistant Register of Deeds and second-in-command in the office, announced...

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