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WETHERINGTON v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 22PA14.

780 S.E.2d 543 (2015)

Thomas C. WETHERINGTON, Petitioner v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (f/k/a N.C. Department of Crime Control & Public Safety; North Carolina Highway Patrol), Respondent.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 18, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGuinness Law Firm, Elizabethtown, by J. Michael McGuinness , for petitioner-appellee/appellant.

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by John F. Maddrey , Solicitor General, and Thomas J. Ziko , Special Counsel, for respondent-appellant/appellee.

George J. Franks IV and Richard C. Hendrix , for National Association of Police Organizations, amicus curiae.

Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP, by Larry H. James , pro hac vice, and Christina L. Corl , pro hac vice, for National Fraternal Order of Police; and Richard Hattendorf , for North Carolina State Lodge of Fraternal Order of Police, amici curiae.

Edelstein and Payne, Raleigh, by M. Travis Payne , for Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

Bailey & Dixon, LLP, by J. Heydt Philbeck , Raleigh and Sabra J. Faires , for Southern States Police Benevolent Association and North Carolina Police Benevolent Association, amici curiae.

Law Offices of Michael C. Byrne, by Michael C. Byrne , for State Employees Association of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

On 4 August 2009, Thomas Wetherington (petitioner) was dismissed from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (the Patrol) for alleged violations of the Patrol's truthfulness policy. The State Personnel Commission (SPC) determined that petitioner's dismissal was supported by just cause. Petitioner filed for judicial review in Superior...

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