RPR & ASSOCIATES, INC., a South Carolina Corporation v. THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL HILL
and THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
No headnotes.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of
a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 139 N.C. App. 525, 534
S.E.2d 247 (2000), affirming an order entered 16 July 1998 by
Barnette, J., in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the
Supreme Court 15 February 2000.
Wilson & Waller, P.A., by Brian E. Upchurch, for plaintiff-
appellee.
Roy A. Cooper, Attorney General, by D. David Steinbock,
Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-appellant the
North Carolina Department of Administration; and Thomas J.
Ziko, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Thomas J. Pitman
and Donald R. Esposito, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General,
for defendant-appellant the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
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