Opinion
109PA22-2
12-29-2023
MCKINNEY, et al. v. GOINS, et al.
Donald S. Higley, II, Attorney at Law, Durham, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al. Lisa Lanier, Attorney at Law, Durham, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al. Robert O. Jenkins, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al. Orlando L. Rodriguez, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina. Robert J. King, III, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education. Jill R. Wilson, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education. Elizabeth Lea Troutman, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education. Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina. Nicholas S. Brod, Assistant Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina. Zachary W. Ezor, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina. Lindsey S. Barber, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For The Gaston County Board of Education. Stephen G. Rawson, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina School Boards Association. Deborah R. Stagner, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina School Boards Association. Christine T. Scheef, Staff Attorney, For North Carolina School Boards Association. Lorin J. Lapidus, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA. G. Gray Wilson, Attorney at Law, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA. Denise M. Gunter, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA. D. Martin Warf, Attorney at Law, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA. Kevin G. Williams, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA. Caroline Marie Gieser, Attorney at Law, Atlanta, For American Tort Reform Association, et al. M. Duane Jones, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Association of Defense of Attorneys. Joshua D. Davey, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mary K. Grob, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mary Elizabeth D. Reed, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina. M. Samuel McGee, Attorney at Law, For CHILD USA
From N.C. Court of Appeals (22-261); From Wake (21CVS7438)
Donald S. Higley, II, Attorney at Law, Durham, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al.
Lisa Lanier, Attorney at Law, Durham, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al.
Robert O. Jenkins, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For Dustin Michael McKinney, et al.
Orlando L. Rodriguez, Special Deputy Attorney General, For State of North Carolina. Robert J. King, III, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education.
Jill R. Wilson, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education.
Elizabeth Lea Troutman, Attorney at Law, Greensboro, For The Gaston County Board of Education.
Ryan Y. Park, Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina.
Nicholas S. Brod, Assistant Solicitor General, For State of North Carolina.
Zachary W. Ezor, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina.
Lindsey S. Barber, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For The Gaston County Board of Education.
Stephen G. Rawson, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina School Boards Association.
Deborah R. Stagner, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, For North Carolina School Boards Association.
Christine T. Scheef, Staff Attorney, For North Carolina School Boards Association.
Lorin J. Lapidus, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA.
G. Gray Wilson, Attorney at Law, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA.
Denise M. Gunter, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA.
D. Martin Warf, Attorney at Law, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA.
Kevin G. Williams, Attorney at Law, Winston-Salem, For Young Men’s Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina d/b/a Kernersville Family YMCA.
Caroline Marie Gieser, Attorney at Law, Atlanta, For American Tort Reform Association, et al.
M. Duane Jones, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For North Carolina Association of Defense of Attorneys.
Joshua D. Davey, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mary K. Grob, Attorney at Law, Charlotte, For Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mary Elizabeth D. Reed, Solicitor General Fellow, For State of North Carolina.
M. Samuel McGee, Attorney at Law, For CHILD USA
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 28th of December 2023 by CHILD USA for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 29th of December 2023."
Riggs, J. recused.