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BOUVIER v. PORTER

No. COA20-441.

865 S.E.2d 732 (2021)

2021-NCCOA-522

Louis M. BOUVIER, Jr., Karen Andrea Niehans, Samuel R. Niehans, and Joseph D. Golden, Plaintiffs v. William Clark PORTER, IV, Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Steve Roberts, Erin Clark, Gabriela Fallon, Steven Saxe, and the Pat McCrory Committee Legal Defense Fund, Defendants

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed October 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Coalition for Social Justice, by Jeffrey Loperfido and Allison J. Riggs , and Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Raleigh, by Pressly M. Millen and Ripley Rand , for plaintiffs-appellees Louis M. Bouvier, Jr., Karen Andrea Niehans, Samuel R. Niehans, and Joseph D. Golden.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Gary S. Parsons and Craig D. Schauer , for defendants-appellants Holtzman Vogel Josefiak Torchinsky PLLC, Steve Roberts, Erin Clark, Gabriela Fallon, and Steven Saxe.

Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., Raleigh, by Philip R. Isley , and Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, by Robert N. Hunter, Jr. , for defendant-appellant Pat McCrory Committee Legal Defense Fund.

Jewel A. Farlow , for defendant-appellant William Clark Porter, IV.

Fox Rothschild LLP, by Matthew Nis Leerberg , Raleigh, and Zachary Thomas Dawson , for amici curiae Sharad Goel, Marc Meredith, David Rothschild, and Houshmand Shirani-Mehr.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from a libel suit filed by Louis Bouvier, Jr. (Bouvier), Karen and Samuel Niehans (the Niehans), and Joseph Golden (Golden) (collectively, Plaintiffs). Plaintiffs' libel suit is premised on allegations that, following the 2016 General Election, defamatory statements, including in election protests filed...

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