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  "name": "ALAN CAPPS v. NW SIGN INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., A North Carolina corporation, RONALD BRODIE, and CHRIS REEDEL",
  "name_abbreviation": "Capps v. NW Sign Industries of North Carolina, Inc.",
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    "judges": [
      "Justice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "ALAN CAPPS v. NW SIGN INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., A North Carolina corporation, RONALD BRODIE, and CHRIS REEDEL"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissent, the decision of the Court of Appeals is vacated, and the case is remanded with direction to the Court of Appeals to further remand to the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County for findings of fact sufficient for appellate review of the jurisdictional issue.\nVACATED AND REMANDED.\nJustice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., by Richard B. Fennell and Jared E. Gardner, for plaintiff-appellee.",
      "Vandeventer Black LLP, by David P. Ferrell and Norman W. Shearin, Jr., for defendant-appellants."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "ALAN CAPPS v. NW SIGN INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., A North Carolina corporation, RONALD BRODIE, and CHRIS REEDEL\nNo. 383A05\n(Filed 7 April 2006)\nAppeal and Error\u2014 appealability \u2014 denial of motion to dismiss \u2014 forum selection clause\nThe decision of the Court of Appeals dismissing defendants\u2019 appeal from the trial court\u2019s interlocutory order denying their motion to dismiss is vacated for the reason stated in the dissenting opinion that the denial of a motion to dismiss based on an alleged forum selection clause is immediately appealable, and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the superior court for findings of fact sufficient for appellate review of the jurisdictional issue.\nAppeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 171 N.C. App. 409, 614 S.E.2d 552 (2005), dismissing as interlocutory an appeal from an order denying both a motion for judgment on the pleadings and a motion to dismiss entered 18 February 2004 by Judge J. Gentry Caudill in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 February 2006.\nJames, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., by Richard B. Fennell and Jared E. Gardner, for plaintiff-appellee.\nVandeventer Black LLP, by David P. Ferrell and Norman W. Shearin, Jr., for defendant-appellants."
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