Opinion
436PA13-4
09-23-2020
LAKE, et al. v. STATE HEALTH PLAN FOR TEACHERS AND STATE EMPLOYEES, et al.
Marc Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees, et al. Robert M. Curran, Special Deputy Attorney General. Heather H. Freeman, Assistant Attorney General. Christopher M. Whelchel, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Michael L. Carpenter, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Marcus R. Carpenter, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Gary W. Jackson, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Sam McGee, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Matthew W. Sawchak, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina. Marshall P. Walker, Attorney at Law, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina. Joseph A. Newsome, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For State of North Carolina. Kenzie M. Rakes, Assistant Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina. Matthew C. Burke, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina. J. Michael McGuinness, Attorney at Law, Elizabethtown, For N.C. Association of Educators. Verlyn Chesson Porte, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Association of Educators. J. Bryan Boyd, Attorney at Law, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al. Vernon Sumwalt, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For AARP, et al. Ali Naini, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For AARP, et al.
Marc Bernstein, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees, et al.
Robert M. Curran, Special Deputy Attorney General.
Heather H. Freeman, Assistant Attorney General.
Christopher M. Whelchel, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Michael L. Carpenter, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Marcus R. Carpenter, Attorney at Law, Gastonia, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Gary W. Jackson, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Sam McGee, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Matthew W. Sawchak, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina.
Marshall P. Walker, Attorney at Law, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina.
Joseph A. Newsome, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For State of North Carolina.
Kenzie M. Rakes, Assistant Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina.
Matthew C. Burke, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina.
J. Michael McGuinness, Attorney at Law, Elizabethtown, For N.C. Association of Educators.
Verlyn Chesson Porte, Attorney at Law, For N.C. Association of Educators.
J. Bryan Boyd, Attorney at Law, For Lake, I. Beverly, et al.
Vernon Sumwalt, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For AARP, et al.
Ali Naini, Attorney at Law, Pro Hac Vice, For AARP, et al.
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 29th of June 2020 by AARP and AARP Foundation for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 23rd of September 2020."
Unless already submitted, the Amicus Brief shall be submitted to the court within the times allowed and in the manner provided by Appellate Rule 28(i).
Newby, J., Recused
Ervin, J., Recused