A judge on Friday denied a motion from UNC lawyers to dismiss a suit brought by WRAL and other local media to compel the university to disclose the names of employees disciplined in the wake of the Wainstein scandal.
In addition to denying the dismissal motion, the judge instructed the parties to settle the matter through mediation, saying, “If you can’t come up with a timetable, I’ll do it for you.”
The university has thus far refused to publish the names of the nine people fired or disciplined for participating in the long-running paper class scheme.
Media organizations including WRAL, the News and Observer, the AP and seven others insist the names are a matter of public record.
WCHL is not part of the lawsuit.
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