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SILVER v. HALIFAX COUNTY BD. OF COM'RS

No. 338A17.

821 S.E.2d 755 (2018)

LaTonya SILVER, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Brianna Silver, Larry Silver III, and Dominick Silver; Brenda Sledge, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Alicia Jones; Felicia Scott, Individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Jamier Scott; Halifax County Branch #5401, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and Coalition for Education and Economic Security v. The HALIFAX COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 21, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Dorosin , Carrboro, and Elizabeth Haddix , Pittsboro, for plaintiff-appellants.

Garris Neil Yarborough , Fayetteville, and M. Glynn Rollins, Jr. , Roanoke Rpds, for defendant-appellee.

Jane R. Wettach for Children's Law Clinic, Duke University School of Law; Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, by Peggy Nicholson and K. Ricky Watson, Jr. , for Public Schools First NC; and Celia Pistolis , Raleigh, Aisha Forte , and Jennifer Story for Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. — Advocates for Children's Services, amici curiae.

Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte, by S. Luke Largess and Cheyenne N. Chambers , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, by Beth Tyner Jones , Rebecca C. Fleishman , Raleigh, and Matthew Tilley , Charlotte, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.

In this case we consider whether plaintiffs have stated a claim for violations of their right to receive the sound basic education guaranteed by the North Carolina Constitution sufficient to survive defendant's motion to dismiss pursuant to North Carolina Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). See N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 12...

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