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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No.  319A02
FILED:  28 FEBRUARY  2003
BARRY E. ALFORD, W. SPUT ANDERSON, WILLIAM C. ANDERSON, C. TRACY
BARNHILL, JR., DOUGLAS M. BLAKE, JAMES M. BOOTH, BOBBY J. BOYD,
JR., J. ALAN BOYKIN, STEVE H. BOSWELL, RUBEN C. BUTLER, STEPHEN
CANNON, R. BLAINE CARGILE, JR., ERNEST E. CARRAWAY, ERIC COOPER,
TONY COUNCIL, KENNETH R. CREDLE, KELLY L. DARDEN, JR., WILLIAM R.
DUPREE III, ADAM L. GARDNER, JR., DONALD M. GAY, CHRIS G.
GEHRING, GORDON L. HAISLIP, KENDALL HARDEE, KEITH D. HARRIS,
WILLIAM HUNTER, JR., JOHN JAMES, CHRIS JEFFERSON, MELVIN L.
JENKINS, BILLY B. KING, WILLIAM D. KITTRELL, MITCHELL W. MANNING,
JR., EDWARD MEYER, DAVID MIZELLE, MARK OSNOE, JONATHAN SCOTT
PEELE, JAMES H. RASPBERRY, HARRY L. ROUSE, LEVON SHAW,
MARGARET G. SHAW, JOHNNY R. SMITH, WILLIAM H.C. SMITH, PHILIP H.
STALLS, JACKIE D. SUMMERLIN, JEANETTE T. TAFT, LEONARD A. THORN,
JAMES W. TURNAGE, WAYNE P. TYNDALL, WILLIAM P. WARD, WILLIAM
WEST, EDDIE WILLIAMS, and EVANGELINE S. WILSON
v.
CATALYTICA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., and EASTERN OMNI CONSTRUCTORS
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S.  §  7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals,  150 N.C.
App.  489,  564 S.E.2d  267  (2002), affirming an order entered
22 February  2001 by Judge Howard E. Manning, Jr., in Superior
Court, Wake County.    Heard in the Supreme Court  4 December  2002.
Laura S. Jenkins, PC, by Laura S. Jenkins, for
plaintiff-appellants.
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan,
L.L.P., by Mark A. Ash and J. Mitchell Armbruster, for
for defendant-appellee Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the
decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the case is
remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the
Superior Court, Wake County, for proceedings not inconsistent
with the dissenting opinion.




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REVERSED AND REMANDED.
Justice BRADY did not participate in the consideration
or decision of this case.

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