Shively v. ACI Learning Holdings, LLC
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Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 10A26
Filed 22 May 2026
BRETT SHIVELY
v.
ACI LEARNING HOLDINGS, LLC; MIS TRAINING INSTITUTE HOLDINGS, INC.; BOATHOUSE CAPITAL CONTINUATION FUND, LP; BOATHOUSE CAPITAL LP; and BOATHOUSE CAPITAL III LP
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-27(a)(3) from an interlocutory order and
opinion affecting a substantial right entered on 27 August 2025 by Chief Business
Court Judge Michael L. Robinson in Superior Court, Union County, after the case
was designated a mandatory complex business case by the Chief Justice pursuant to
N.C.G.S. § 7A-45.4(a). Heard in the Supreme Court on 15 April 2026.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, by Nicholas H. Lee; and Vedder Price P.C., by Chad A. Schiefelbein, pro hac vice, and Jason B. Sobelman, pro hac vice, for plaintiff-appellee.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, by Robert W.F. Beckmann and Benjamin L. Williams, for defendant-appellants ACI Learning Holdings, LLC and MIS Training Institute Holdings, Inc.
Rayburn Cooper & Durham, P.A., by Lauren J. Schantz and Ross R. Fulton; and Ice Miller LLP, by Aaron A. Nichols, pro hac vice, for defendant-appellants Boathouse Capital Continuation Fund, LP, Boathouse Capital LP, and Boathouse Capital III LP.
PER CURIAM. SHIVELY V. ACI LEARNING HOLDINGS, LLC
Opinion of the Court
AFFIRMED.1
1 The order and opinion of the North Carolina Business Court, 2025 NCBC 51, is
available at https://www.nccourts.gov/assets/documents/opinions/2025%20NCBC%2051.pdf?VersionId= QM_RLuoGqR7kE4yLDuvBQYj.FCpL3oy0.
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