
    NC ASS'N OF EDUCATORS, INC., et al. v. STATE of NC.
    No. 228A15-1.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Dec. 18, 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 General, for The State of North Carolina.
    J. Michael McGuinness, Elizabethtown, for Southern States Police Benevolent Association, et al.
    Hardy Lewis, Raleigh, for State Employees Association of North Carolina, Inc.
    Michael L. Carpenter, Gastonia, for N.C. Retired Governmental Employees' Association.
    Marcus R. Carpenter, for N.C. Retired Government Employees' Association.
    The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 21st of December 2015 by NC Retired Governmental Employees Association for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief:
    "Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 18th 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).
     