SELC v. NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 453A20.

861 S.E.2d 533 (2021)

2021-NCSC-84

SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER v. The NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY, and Michael Walters, Jacob F. Alexander III, William V. Bell, Martin Brackett, Liz Crabill, William H. Kincheloe, James E. Nance, John M. Pike, George Rountree III, Franklin Rouse, Nina Szlosberg-Landis, and Michael L. Weisel, in their official capacities as members of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Railroad Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed August 13, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Hunter , Ramona H. McGee , and Maia Hutt , for plaintiff-appellant.

James P. Cooney III , Charlotte, and Rebecca C. Fleishman , Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.


¶ 1 In this case, we are called upon to decide whether defendant North Carolina Railroad Company is an "agency" or "subdivision" of "North Carolina government" for purposes of the Public Records Act, N.C.G.S. § 132-1. In order to resolve this issue, we are required to interpret the pertinent provisions of the Public Records...

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