Upon consideration of the notice of appeal from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, filed by Plaintiffs on the 4th day of October 2005 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-30 (constitutional question), the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the notice of appeal is

"Dismissed ex mero motu by order of the Court in conference, this the 1st day of December 2005."

Upon consideration of the petition for discretionary review, filed by Plaintiffs on the 4th day of October 2005 in this matter pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 and the Appellate Rule 16(b) as to issues in addition to those presented as the basis for the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals: the petition for discretionary review as to additional issues is

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 1st day of December 2005."

Accordingly, only those issues which are the basis of the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals shall be presented to this Court in briefs. The Plaintiffs new brief so limited in scope shall be filed with this Court not more that 30 days from the date of certification of this order.