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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 198PA11
FILED 14 DECEMBER 2012
L&S WATER POWER, INC., BROOKS ENERGY, L.L.C., DEEP RIVER HYDRO,
INC.,  HYDRODYNE  INDUSTRIES  LLC,  WILLIAM  DEAN  BROOKS,  and
HOWARD BRUCE COX
v.
PIEDMONT TRIAD REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITY
On  discretionary  review  pursuant  to  N.C.G.S.                                       §   7A-31  of  a  unanimous
decision of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 712 S.E.2d 146 (2011), affirming
an order entered on  26 October  2009 by Judge Calvin E. Murphy and an order
entered on 10 May 2010 by Judge Clarence E. Horton, Jr., both in Superior Court,
Guilford County.   Heard in the Supreme Court on 16 October 2012.
Boydoh & Hale, PLLC, by J. Scott Hale, for plaintiff-appellees.
Roberson Haworth & Reese, P.L.L.C., by Robert A. Brinson and Christopher
C. Finan; and Hunton & Williams, LLP, by Charles D. Case, for defendant-
appellant.
Len  S.  Anthony,  General  Counsel,  for  Carolina  Power  &  Light  Company
d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.; and Robert B. Schwentker, General
Counsel, for North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, amici curiae.
Brooks,  Pierce,  McLendon,  Humphrey  &  Leonard,  L.L.P.,  by  V.  Randall
Tinsley, for City of Salisbury, amicus curiae.
Kimberly S. Hibbard, NCLM General Counsel, and Gregory F. Schwitzgebel,
III, NCLM Senior Assistant General Counsel; and Daniel F. McLawhorn, City
of   Raleigh   Associate   City   Attorney,   for   North   Carolina   League   of
Municipalities, amicus curiae.
Hartsell & Williams, P.A., by Christy E. Wilhelm and Fletcher L. Hartsell,
Jr., for Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County, amicus curiae.




L&S WATER POWER, INC. V. PIEDMONT TRIAD REG’L WATER AUTH.
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
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