Opinion
425A21-2
07-28-2022
HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, et al. v. STATE of North Carolina, et al.
Robert Neal Hunter, Jr., Attorney at Law, For Combs, Linda, State Controller. Amar Majmundar, Senior Deputy Attorney General, For State of N.C. Matthew Tulchin, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of N.C. Tiffany Y. Lucas, Deputy General Counsel, For State of N.C. Thomas J. Ziko, Attorney at Law, For State Board of Education. Neal A. Ramee, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. David Nolan, Attorney at Law, For Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. H. Lawrence Armstrong, Attorney at Law, Enfield, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. Melanie Black Dubis, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. Scott B. Bayzle, Attorney at Law, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. Kellie Z. Myers, Trial Court Administrator. Jaelyn D. Miller, Attorney at Law, Morrisville, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. Matthew F. Tilley, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al. Russ Ferguson, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al. W. Clark Goodman, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al. David Hinojosa, Attorney at Law, For Penn, Rafael, et al. Christopher A. Brook, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, Wake County, For Penn, Rafael, et al. Michael Robotti, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Penn, Rafael, et al. Scott E. Bayzle, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. Jane Wettach, Attorney at Law, For Professors and Long-Time Practitioners of Constitutional and Education Law. Catherine G. Clodfelter, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al. W. Swain Wood, First Assistant Attorney General, For State of N.C. Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of N.C. Sripriya Narasimhan, Deputy General Counsel, For State of N.C. Michael A. ingersoll, Attorney at Law, For Berger, Philip E., et al. Elizabeth Lea Troutman, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center. Eric M. David, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For N.C. Justice Center. Daniel F.E. Smith, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center. Kasi W. Robinson, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center. Richard B. Glazier, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Justice Center. Mathew Ellinwood, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Justice Center. Peggy D. Nicholson, Attorney at Law, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al. Crystal M. Grant, Attorney at Law, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al. David Sciarra, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al. John R. Wester, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders. Adam K. Doerr, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders. Erik R. Zimmerman, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For North Carolina Business Leaders. Patrick H. Hill, Attorney, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders. Emma W. Perry, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For North Carolina Business Leaders. William G. Hancock, Jr., Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
Robert Neal Hunter, Jr., Attorney at Law, For Combs, Linda, State Controller.
Amar Majmundar, Senior Deputy Attorney General, For State of N.C.
Matthew Tulchin, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of N.C.
Tiffany Y. Lucas, Deputy General Counsel, For State of N.C.
Thomas J. Ziko, Attorney at Law, For State Board of Education.
Neal A. Ramee, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
David Nolan, Attorney at Law, For Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
H. Lawrence Armstrong, Attorney at Law, Enfield, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
Melanie Black Dubis, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
Scott B. Bayzle, Attorney at Law, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
Kellie Z. Myers, Trial Court Administrator.
Jaelyn D. Miller, Attorney at Law, Morrisville, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
Matthew F. Tilley, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al.
Russ Ferguson, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al.
W. Clark Goodman, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Berger, Philip E., et al.
David Hinojosa, Attorney at Law, For Penn, Rafael, et al.
Christopher A. Brook, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, Wake County, For Penn, Rafael, et al.
Michael Robotti, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Penn, Rafael, et al.
Scott E. Bayzle, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
Jane Wettach, Attorney at Law, For Professors and Long-Time Practitioners of Constitutional and Education Law.
Catherine G. Clodfelter, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Hoke County Board of Education, et al.
W. Swain Wood, First Assistant Attorney General, For State of N.C.
Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of N.C.
Sripriya Narasimhan, Deputy General Counsel, For State of N.C.
Michael A. ingersoll, Attorney at Law, For Berger, Philip E., et al.
Elizabeth Lea Troutman, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center.
Eric M. David, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For N.C. Justice Center.
Daniel F.E. Smith, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center.
Kasi W. Robinson, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For N.C. Justice Center.
Richard B. Glazier, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Justice Center.
Mathew Ellinwood, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Justice Center.
Peggy D. Nicholson, Attorney at Law, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al.
Crystal M. Grant, Attorney at Law, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al.
David Sciarra, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For Duke Children's Law Clinic, et al.
John R. Wester, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
Adam K. Doerr, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
Erik R. Zimmerman, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
Patrick H. Hill, Attorney, Charlotte, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
Emma W. Perry, Attorney at Law, Chapel Hill, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
William G. Hancock, Jr., Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina Business Leaders.
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 27th of July 2022 by North Carolina Business Leaders for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 28th of July 2022."