Opinion
No. 81P23
06-26-2024
In the MATTER OF CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECORDINGS SOUGHT By: APG-East LLC d/b/a The Daily Advance; Scripps Broadcast Holdings, LLC d/b/a WTKR-TV and WGNT-TV; Capital Broadcasting Company, Inc. d/b/a WRAL-TV; The McClatchy Company, LLC d/b/a The News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer; Carolina Public Press, Inc. d/b/a Carolina Public Press; Grey Media Group, Inc. d/b/a WBTV, WECT and WITN; WUNC, LLC d/b/a WUNC-FM; DTH Media Co. d/b/a The Daily Tarheel; Nexstar Media, Inc. d/b/a WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV; Cable News Network, Inc. d/b/a CNN; WTVD Television, LLC d/b/a WTVD-ABC11; The Associated Press; WP Company, LLC d/b/a The Washington Post; Charter Communications d/b/a Spectrum News; Chatham Media Group, LLC d/b/a Chatham News + Record; and Gannett Co., Inc. d/b/a Wilmington Star News and USA Today, The New York Times Co. d/b/a The New York Times, Media Convergence Group, d/b/a Newsy Court TV Media, LLC d/b/a Court TV
Michael J. Tadych, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al. C. Amanda Martin, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For APG-East, LLC, et al. Hugh Stevens, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al. Angel E. Gray, General Counsel, For NC State Bureau of Investigation. W. Hackney High, Jr., Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Perquimans County Sheriffs Office. Christopher J. Geis, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Dare County Sheriffs Office. Andrew Womble, District Attorney, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. Ripley Rand, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Dare County Sheriffs Office. R. Michael Cox, Pasquotank County Attorney, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. John D. Leidy, Attorney at Law, Elizabeth City, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. Karen M. Rabenau, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For APG-East, LLC, et al. Elizabeth J. Soja, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
From N.C. Court of Appeals 22-446; From Pasquotank 21CVS262, First District
Michael J. Tadych, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
C. Amanda Martin, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
Hugh Stevens, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
Angel E. Gray, General Counsel, For NC State Bureau of Investigation.
W. Hackney High, Jr., Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Perquimans County Sheriffs Office.
Christopher J. Geis, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Dare County Sheriffs Office.
Andrew Womble, District Attorney, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office.
Ripley Rand, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Dare County Sheriffs Office.
R. Michael Cox, Pasquotank County Attorney, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office.
John D. Leidy, Attorney at Law, Elizabeth City, For Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office.
Karen M. Rabenau, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
Elizabeth J. Soja, Attorney at Law, For APG-East, LLC, et al.
ORDER
The petitioners’ petition for discretionary review is allowed for the limited purpose of remanding this case to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of this Court’s decision in In re The McClatchy Co., 900 S.E.2d 765 (N.C. 2024).
By order of the Court in Conference, this the 26th day of June 2024.
Allen, J., recused.