Plaintiff:	FREDERICK L. ALLEN and NAUTILUS PRODUCTIONS, LLC
Defendant:	JOSHUA H. STEIN, Governor of the State of North Carolina, in his official capacity, PAMELA BREWINGTON CASHWELL, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in her official capacity, MARGRETTE KATHRYN THOMPSON, Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in her official capacity, JEFF MICHAEL, Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, individually and in his official capacity, CATHERINE ANN SWAIN, Director of Marketing of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in her official capacity, STEPHEN R. CLAGGETT, a/k/a Steve Claggett, State Archaeologist, in his official capacity, JOHN W. MORRIS, a/k/a Billy Ray Morris, Deputy State Archaeologist - Underwater and Director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in his official capacity, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, JEFFREY NEALE JACKSON, Attorney General of North Carolina, in his official capacity, D. REID WILSON, in his individual and official capacity, SARAH KOONTS, in her individual and official capacity, JOSEPH K. SCHWARZER, II, in his individual and official capacity and MIKE CARRAWAY, in his individual and official capacity
Case Number:	26-1576
Filed:	May 8, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Constitutionality of State Statutes

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