US Right to Know filed a petition Thursday urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to hear the group’s public records dispute with UNC-CH. UNC cited a university research exemption in the state’s public records law when withholding many of the requested documents. “In this case, we are presented with a question of statutory interpretation regarding an exception from the Public Records Act, section 132-1, contained in section 116-43.17,” wrote Judge Jefferson Griffin. § 116-43.17 is that it excludes only ‘research data of a proprietary nature, research records of a proprietary nature, or research information of a proprietary nature,’” the plaintiff’s brief argued. Redfield called Baric the “scientific mastermind behind the research.”“Top NC court urged to take public records case linked to COVID, UNC” was originally published on www.carolinajournal.com.