
    NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, INC., Richard J. Nixon, Rhonda Holmes, Brian Link, Annette Beatty, Stephanie Wallace and John Deville. v. The STATE of North Carolina.
    No. 228A15.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    Aug. 20, 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 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.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review, filed by Defendant on the 7th of July 2015 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 and the Appellate Rule 16(b) as to issues in addition to those presented as the basis for the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues is

"Allowed by order of the Court in conference, this the 20th of August 2015."

Accordingly, the new brief of the Defendant shall be filed with this Court not more than 30 days from the date of certification of this order.  