
    Beth DESMOND v. The NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY and Mandy Locke
    No. 132P18
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    June 7, 2018
    John A. Bussian, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for The News And Observer Publishing Company, et al.
    James T. Johnson, Attorney at Law, Chynna T. Smith, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for Desmond, Beth.
    William M. Wilson, III, Attorney at Law, for Professor William Van Alstyne.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants on the 3rd of May 2018 in this matter for discretionary review under G.S. 7A-31 prior to a determination by the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 7th of June 2018."  