Friday, May 30, 2014

US Supreme Court: Brief amici curiae of North Carolina State Bar, et al. filed in case of NC Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC

Direct link to NC Bar Brief dental examiners case:
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme_court_preview/BriefsV4/13-534_pet_amcu_ncsb-etal.authcheckdam.pdf

Located: http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/north-carolina-board-of-dental-examiners-v-federal-trade-commission/

Friday, October 25, 2013

US Supreme Court: Blog entry on NC Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/north-carolina-board-of-dental-examiners-v-federal-trade-commission/

North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-534	4th Cir.	Oct 14, 2014 Tr.Aud.	Feb 25, 2015	6-3	Kennedy	OT 2014

Holding: When a controlling number of the decision makers on a state licensing board are active participants in the occupation the board regulates, the board can invoke state-action immunity only if it is subject to active supervision by the state.

Judgment: Affirmed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy on February 25, 2015. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Scalia and Thomas joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: No antitrust immunity for professional licensing boards (Eric M. Fraser)
Argument analysis: Court wary of immunity for licensing boards, but what about doctors?(Eric M. Fraser)
Argument preview: Do state licensing boards have immunity from antitrust laws? (Eric M. Fraser)
Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer)

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Oct 25 2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 29, 2013)
Nov 12 2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received ........

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/north-carolina-board-of-dental-examiners-v-federal-trade-commission/

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

NCBAR: NCSB v. Jerry R. Tillett, 15DHC7, Email from Steve Michael to Carmen Bannon

Email from Steve Michael to Carmen Bannon

Included as Exibit B in Defendant's Motion to Dismiss on 5/24/2016.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Judicial Standards Commission: Public Reprimand, Jerry R. Tillet, Superior Court Judge, Inquiry no. 12-013A

http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/coa/jsc/publicreprimands/jsc12-013A.pdf

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

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Friday, August 27, 2010

News & Observer: SBI's bullet tests cold cases, indeed

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/article10365527.html

SBI's bullet tests cold cases, indeed

BY MANDY LOCKE AND JOSEPH NEFF - Staff Writers

Verifying the work of thousands of bullet and casing examinations performed by the State Bureau of Investigation will be challenging and could be impossible.

New SBI Director Greg McLeod has promised to audit the firearms unit after questions raised by The News & Observer about a troubling examination ...

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/article10365527.html

Friday, August 13, 2010

News & Observer: Part 4: SBI relies on bullet analysis that critics deride as unreliable

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/special-reports/agents-secrets/article17713412.html#navlink=SecList

Part 4: SBI relies on bullet analysis that critics deride as unreliable

BY MANDY LOCKE AND JOSEPH NEFF

mandy.locke@newsobserver.com, joseph.neff@newsobserver.com

Editor's note: A front-page story Aug. 14, 2010, about bullet analysis in a Pitt County case incorrectly characterized the notes taken by SBI firearms analyst Beth Desmond in advance of a 2006 murder trial. Her notes and analysis were typed, not "scribbled." Also, a story about the firearms unit of the SBI lab incorrectly reported the adjudication of a Wilson County murder case in which a lab analyst was .....