DTH MEDIA CORP. v. FOLT

No. 142PA18.

841 S.E.2d 251 (2020)

DTH MEDIA CORPORATION, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., the Charlotte Observer Publishing Company, and the Durham Herald Company v. Carol L. FOLT, in her official capacity as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gavin Young, in his official capacity as Senior Director of Public Records for The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed May 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadyck, PLLC, by Hugh Stevens , for plaintiff-appellees.

J.D. Jones Law, PLLC, by Jonathan D. Jones , for Student Press Law Center and Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, amici curiae.

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Stephanie A. Brennan , Special Deputy Attorney General, and Matthew Burke , Solicitor General Fellow, for defendant-appellant.


This matter presents questions which require this Court to interpret the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the North Carolina Public Records Act (the Public Records Act) in order to determine whether officials of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH or University) are required to release...

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