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A federal judge has signed off on a deal to end Republican groups' 2024 lawsuit over North Carolina's rules for mail-in ballot envelopes.
Published: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A panel of federal Appeals Court judges appeared skeptical Wednesday that a 10-year-old copyright infringement lawsuit against the state of North Carolina involving the pirate Blackbeard could move forward.
Published: Thursday, October 30th, 2025 @ 7:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of new Watauga County local election districts have filed a federal lawsuit challenging them.
Published: Saturday, October 11th, 2025 @ 2:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Plaintiffs challenging a recent ruling in a federal North Carolina redistricting lawsuit have asked the full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to consider the case.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 @ 8:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A University of North Carolina tennis player's federal class-action lawsuit against the NCAA could target more than 17,000 potential plaintiffs, according to a court document filed Monday.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A University of North Carolina tennis star is seeking an injunction in her federal lawsuit against the NCAA over access to prize money.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2025 @ 9:28 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined Democrat AGs in 17 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump's new executive order on birthright citizenship.
Published: Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections and local district attorneys argue that a recent change in North Carolina election should prompt a federal court to throw out a lawsuit from felon voting advocates.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2024 @ 5:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Symphony and state Department of Natural and Cultural Resources are asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from three former Symphony musicians.
Published: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 @ 9:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Felon voting advocates argue in a new court filing that North Carolina's new election law should have no impact on their federal lawsuit.
Published: Monday, March 18th, 2024 @ 3:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a court document Thursday explaining why a February trial could prove difficult in a federal lawsuit challenging the state voter ID law.
Published: Thursday, March 14th, 2024 @ 11:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Seven more plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit challenging the rollout of North Carolina's new eCourts digital records system. Now nine people are suing over eCourts' impact.
Published: Saturday, March 2nd, 2024 @ 12:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Republican National Committee, North Carolina Republican Party, and two local GOP officials seek to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging the state's new election law.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 2:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's felon voting rules heads back to court on Nov. 14, one week after Election Day.
Published: Thursday, February 29th, 2024 @ 10:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A hearing is scheduled Nov. 2 in Greensboro in state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls' federal First Amendment lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 10:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Top legislative leaders filed paperwork Monday to intervene in three federal lawsuits challenging North Carolina election law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A hearing scheduled Nov. 21 at the federal courthouse in Winston-Salem could help determine the course of a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's photo voter identification law.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 7:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two federal lawsuits challenged North Carolina's new elections law on the same day legislators enacted the law over Gov. Roy Cooper's veto.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 11:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission is urging a federal court to reject a preliminary injunction and dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit from state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls.
Published: Sunday, February 4th, 2024 @ 8:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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US District Judge Loretta Biggs will not expedite a federal lawsuit challenging North Carolina's restrictions on felon voting.
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal court in California is likely to hear the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board's lawsuit against major social media companies.
Published: Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 @ 9:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has blocked the removal of a Civil War memorial from Arlington National Cemetery over a lawsuit that says that its removal would damage the graves of the Confederate soldiers buried around the memorial.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 3:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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A federal court has scheduled a telephone conference Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's restrictions on felon voting.
Published: Monday, December 25th, 2023 @ 1:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and the state of Texas joined on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department, alleging that the government agency funded censorship technology designed to bankrupt domestic media outlets with disfavored political opinions.
Published: Sunday, December 24th, 2023 @ 2:02 am
By: Daily Wire
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The city of Asheville has moved to dismiss a federal lawsuit filed by five white applicants for the city's Human Relations Commission. The city disputes the plaintiffs' argument that they were rejected because of their race.
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2023 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls objects to the state Judicial Standards Commission's request for a two-week extension in its response to her federal First Amendment lawsuit.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 2:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has denied voter ID critics' request to reopen discovery in their federal lawsuit. Discovery originally ended in 2020.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 6:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal judge has dismissed three lawsuits filed against North Carolina State University alleging sexual abuse by the school's former sports medicine director.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 2:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections and local district attorneys object to a requested hearing in a federal lawsuit dealing with felon voting.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe has asked a federal court to remove him as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina's new eCourts records management system.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 6:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls' federal First Amendment lawsuit has been reassigned from a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama to a colleague appointed by former President George W. Bush.
Published: Friday, December 8th, 2023 @ 5:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services objects to a request that would speed up action in a federal lawsuit dealing with foster children's mental health issues.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 9:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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US District Judge Loretta Biggs has set a Thursday deadline for defendants' responses to a request to speed up a federal felon voting lawsuit.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 8:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lee County Sheriff Brian Estes is asking a federal judge to dismiss him as a defendant in a lawsuit challenging the rollout of North Carolina's eCourts record management system.
Published: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @ 3:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Felon voting advocates in North Carolina seek a hearing before US District Judge Loretta Biggs and an expedited schedule for their federal lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls has filed a federal lawsuit against the North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission. Earls says the commission is trying to chill her free-speech rights.
Published: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 10:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An expelled student challenges the University of North Carolina's request to have his federal lawsuit moved to a venue closer to Chapel Hill.
Published: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 10:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Voter identification opponents defend their request to reopen discovery in a federal lawsuit. Republican legislative leaders and the State Board of Elections oppose new discovery.
Published: Wednesday, November 22nd, 2023 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State legislative leaders cite the "major questions doctrine" in their latest defense of state abortion pill restrictions against a federal lawsuit.
Published: Monday, November 20th, 2023 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A federal class-action lawsuit led by a Cleveland County Emergency Services Worker could head to trial in November 2024. Sixteen plaintiffs to date are challenging the pay schedule the county used from 2015 to 2017.
Published: Friday, November 17th, 2023 @ 4:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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