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  "name": "HAZARD CANNON, ALVIN OLDS and NORMAN PHILLIPS v. N.C. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, DURHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, and DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS",
  "name_abbreviation": "Cannon v. N.C. State Board of Education",
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    "parties": [
      "HAZARD CANNON, ALVIN OLDS and NORMAN PHILLIPS v. N.C. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, DURHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, and DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS"
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        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Judge Wynn. As to plaintiffs\u2019 contention that the method of electing the merged school board is racially discriminatory, we conclude that the issue is not properly before this Court. Plaintiffs never filed pleadings in this matter alleging racial discrimination and thus did not properly present the issue for determination by the trial court.\nREVERSED.",
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        "author": "PER CURIAM."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Randall, Jervis, & Hill, by John C. Randall, for plaintiffappellees.",
      "Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellant State Board of Education; and Durham County Attorney\u2019s Office, by Thomas Russell Odom, and Tharrington Smith, by Michael Crowell, for defendant-appellant Durham County."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "HAZARD CANNON, ALVIN OLDS and NORMAN PHILLIPS v. N.C. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, DURHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, and DURHAM COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS\nNo. 48A95\n(Filed 8 December 1995)\nAppeal by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 117 N.C. App. 399, 451 S.E.2d 302 (1994), reversing the trial court\u2019s order granting defendants\u2019 motion to dismiss for mootness entered by Herring, J., on 18 September 1992 in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 November 1995.\nRandall, Jervis, & Hill, by John C. Randall, for plaintiffappellees.\nMichael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Senior Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-appellant State Board of Education; and Durham County Attorney\u2019s Office, by Thomas Russell Odom, and Tharrington Smith, by Michael Crowell, for defendant-appellant Durham County."
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