Lexisnexis Risk Data Management, Inc. v. North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, 367 N.C. 773 (2014)

Oct. 15, 2014 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · No. 101PA14
367 N.C. 773
LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., a Florida Corporation; and LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., a Georgia Corporation v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; JOHN W. SMITH, II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and NANCY LORRIN FREEMAN, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court

LEXISNEXIS RISK DATA MANAGEMENT, INC., a Florida Corporation; and LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS, INC., a Georgia Corporation v. NORTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; JOHN W. SMITH, II, in his official capacity as the Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts; and NANCY LORRIN FREEMAN, in her official capacity as the Clerk of the Wake County Superior Court

From Wake County

No. 101PA14

ORDER

The motion by The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. to file a brief supporting plaintiff-appellants is allowed.

The motion by The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. to participate in oral argument is allowed as follows:

Pursuant to Rule 30 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, petitioner-appellants have a total of thirty minutes in which to present their oral argument. Petitioner-appellants may, but are not compelled to and are under no duty to, cede a portion of those thirty minutes to The News and Observer Publishing Co.; Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.; Time-Warner Entertainment-Advance Newhouse Partnership; DTH Media Corp.; and the North Carolina Press Foundation, Inc. However, if petitioner-appellants and amici reach an agreement to share time, they together will have a total of thirty minutes of oral argument.

*774By order of the Court in Conference, this 15th day of October, 2014.

s/Edmunds. J.

For the Court