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Nos. 06-1769, 06-1887.
Argued: October 31, 2008.
Decided: February 27, 2009.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Terrence W. Boyle, J.
ARGUED: Alice Carmichael Richey, K L Gates, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Pamela Anne Bresnahan, Vorys, Sater, Seymour Pease, Washington, D.C., for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Daniel V. Mumford, Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell Hickman, L.L.P., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Elizabeth Treubert Simon, Vorys, Sater, Seymour Pease, Washington, D.C.; Reid L. Phillips, David W. Sar, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and LIAM O'GRADY, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge O'GRADY joined.