99A750)HUNT, GOV. OF NC, ET AL. V. CROMARTIE, MARTIN, ET AL.

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99A757)SMALLWOOD, ALFRED, ET AL. V. CROMARTIE, MARTIN, ET AL.

The applications for stay of the judgment

of the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of North Carolina, case No. 4:96-CV-104-B0(3),

entered March 8, 2000, presented to The Chief Justice

and by him referred to the Court are granted pending the

timely docketing of the appeals in this Court. Should

the jurisdictional statements be timely filed, this

order shall remain in effect pending this Court’s action

on the appeals. If the appeals are dismissed, or the

judgment affirmed, this order shall terminate

automatically. In the event jurisdiction is noted or

postponed, this order will remain in effect pending the

sending down of the judgment of this Court.