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  "name": "IN RE SARAH LYNN OWENS",
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    "judges": [
      "Justices Martin and Wainwright did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
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      "IN RE SARAH LYNN OWENS"
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    "opinions": [
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        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed for the reasons stated therein. But see Act of July 9, 1999, ch. 267, 1999 N.C. Sess. Laws- (codifying \u201cjournalists\u2019 testimonial privilege\u201d as N.C.G.S. \u00a7 8-53.9, effective 1 October 1999).\nAFFIRMED.\nJustices Martin and Wainwright did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by Jonathan E. Buchan, T. Jonathan Adams, and James G. Exum, Jr., for appellant Sarah Owens.",
      "Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Norma S. Harrell, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee.",
      "Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P, by Mark J. Prak, on behalf of The Associated Press; The New York Times Company; North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Inc.; and North Carolina Press Association, Inc., amici curiae."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "IN RE SARAH LYNN OWENS\nNo.122PA98\n(Filed 23 July 1999)\nOn discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-31 and on appeal of right of a constitutional question pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(1) to review a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals, 128 N.C. App. 577, 496 S.E.2d 592 (1998), affirming an order of contempt entered in open court by Farmer, J., on 7 February 1997 in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court 30 September 1998.\nSmith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by Jonathan E. Buchan, T. Jonathan Adams, and James G. Exum, Jr., for appellant Sarah Owens.\nMichael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Norma S. Harrell, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellee.\nBrooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P, by Mark J. Prak, on behalf of The Associated Press; The New York Times Company; North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, Inc.; and North Carolina Press Association, Inc., amici curiae."
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