
    NC ASS'N OF EDUCATORS, INC., et al. v. STATE of NC.
    No. 228A15-1.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Dec. 17, 2015.
    Melissa L. Trippe, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State of North Carolina.
    Burton Craige, Raleigh, for North Carolina Association of Educators, Inc., et. al.
    Narendra K. Ghosh, Chapel Hill, for North Carolina Association of Educators, Inc., et al.
    Philip A. Hostak, for North Carolina Association of Educators, Inc., et al.
    John F. Maddrey, Solicitor General, for The State of North Carolina.
    Elizabeth A. Fisher, Assistant Attorney Geneal, for the State of North Carolina.
    J. Michael McGuinness, Elizabethtown, for Southern States Police Benevolent Association, et al.
    Hardy Lewis, Raleigh, for State Employess Association of North Carolina, Inc.
    Michael L. Carpenter, Gastonia, for N.C. Retired Governmental Employees' Association.
    Marcus R. Carpenter, Attorney at Law, for N.C. Retired Government Employees' Association.
    The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 17th of December 2015 by Southern States Police Benevolent Association and North Carolina Police Benevolent Association for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
    "Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 17th of December 2015."
    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).
     