Newberne v. DEPT. OF CRIME CONTROL

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• plaintiff reported to his supervisor that fellow troopers exercised gross abuse of authority in the apprehension and arrest of a suspect
• dismissal is proper when face of complaint reveals no law to support its claim, absence of facts to make it a sufficient claim, or discloses some fact necessary to defeat the claim
• \A motion to dismiss under N.C.R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) `is the usual and proper method of testing the legal sufficiency of the complaint.'\ (quoting Sutton v. Duke, 277 N.C. 94, 98, 176 S.E.2d 161, 163 (1970))
• “A motion to dismiss under N.C. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) ‘is the usual and proper method of testing the legal sufficiency of the complaint.’ ” (quoting Sutton v. Duke, 277 N.C. 94, 98, 176 S.E.2d 161, 163 (1970))
• applying North Carolina Whistleblower Act, N.C.G.S. § 126-84 to -88

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