State ex rel. Cooper v. Ridgeway Brands Manufacturing, LLC, 653 S.E.2d 162 (2007)

Oct. 11, 2007 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · No. 408A07.

653 S.E.2d 162

STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Roy COOPER, Attorney General of North Carolina
v.
RIDGEWAY BRANDS MANUFACTURING, LLC, a North Carolina corporation; Ridgeway Brands, Inc.; James C. Heflin; Fred A. Edwards; and Carl B. White.

No. 408A07.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 2007.

J. Nicholas Ellis, Rocky Mount, Richard T. Boyette, Raleigh, for Ridgeway Mfg. & Heflin.

Richard L. Harrison, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher G. Brown, Jr., Solicitor-General, Melissa L. Trippe, Special Deputy Attorney General, for State ex rel Cooper.

Prior report: ___ N.C.App. ___, 646 S.E.2d 790.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review, filed by Defendants (Ridgeway Brands Manufacturing, LLC and Heflin) on the 17th day of August 2007 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 and the Appellate Rule 16(b) as to issues in addition to those presented as the basis for the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues is

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 11th day of October 2007."

Accordingly, only those issues which are the basis of the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals shall be presented to this Court in briefs. The Defendants' new brief so limited in scope shall be filed with this Court not more that 30 days from the date of certification of this order.