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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the long-running Leandro school funding case, ruling that every decision made in the case since 2017 was void.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2026 @ 4:03 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bipartisan North Carolina Court of Appeals panel will hear oral arguments on Jan. 27 in a dispute involving appointments to the State Board of Elections.
Published: Sunday, December 21st, 2025 @ 5:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In the coming months, the North Carolina Supreme Court will decide whether a class-action lawsuit can move forward against Raleigh over water and sewer impact fees.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 @ 9:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether the family of a man who suffered a violation of his speedy-trial constitutional right can seek money damages against the state.
Published: Saturday, March 30th, 2024 @ 4:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of an Alamance County racetrack that was forced to shut down during the pandemic.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2024 @ 4:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will take another look at a 29-year-old court case dealing with state education funding.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 12:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court is addressing a dispute over lawyers' fees in a legal fight over the new Harkers Island Bridge project.
Published: Saturday, December 30th, 2023 @ 2:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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New state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs did not join the court for oral arguments Tuesday.
Published: Sunday, December 17th, 2023 @ 11:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Allison Riggs was appointed Monday to the state’s Supreme Court by Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper to fill the seat vacated by N.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan.
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2023 @ 9:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state's highest court will not dive into a legal dispute about Wake County's scrap metal contract.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 1:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court justices split on a decision to vacate a Court of Appeals ruling addressing a media outlet's "fair report privilege." The decision prompted commentary from four of the court's seven justices.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 2:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State Supreme Court Justice Michael Morgan's final opinion day featured a 183-page opinion defending a death penalty verdict, a dissent in a castle doctrine case, and a vote with Republican colleagues to fight back environnentalists' challenge of a mining quarry's state permit.
Published: Monday, December 4th, 2023 @ 2:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court split, 3-3, in a case involving nearly $90,000 in legal fees awarded to critics of the Harkers Island Bridge replacement project.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court's two most senior justices squared off in a case involving a felon convicted of illegal gun possession.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 6:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The head of the N.C. Association of Educators and fellow plaintiffs have dropped their lawsuit against North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Published: Thursday, May 25th, 2023 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will look much different in 2023. Voters decided in November to oust one incumbent Democrat from the state’s highest court.
Published: Wednesday, May 10th, 2023 @ 6:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has rejected two convicted murderers' claims that racial bias in jury selection tainted their trials.
Published: Thursday, May 4th, 2023 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court has decided not to rule on the merits of a fired Durham police sergeant's lawsuit against the city. The decision prompted dissents from both Democratic justices.
Published: Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 @ 8:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court reconsidered Wednesday a case dealing with the state's challenged 2018 voter ID law. Justices could throw out a ruling that blocked the law from taking effect.
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2023 @ 7:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court heard fresh arguments in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case Tuesday. The court, with a new 5-2 Republican majority, could reverse a December decision from the old court's 4-3 Democratic majority.
Published: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 @ 5:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Wake County is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take up a dispute over the county's scrap metal contract.
Published: Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 @ 11:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide whether a fired Durham police sergeant can sue to get his job back. The sergeant allowed a suspect to smoke a marijuana blunt after ending an armed standoff.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2023 @ 11:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Convicted felons should have their right to vote restored only after they have entirely repaid their debts to society
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2023 @ 8:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether as many as 56,000 felons who have completed active prison terms but not finished their full sentences will remain eligible to vote in state elections.
Published: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 @ 10:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The newly configured N.C. Supreme Court, with a 5-2 Republican majority, hears its first oral arguments on Tuesday.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 10:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme Court to rehear cases dealing with state election maps and voter ID.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 8:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. legislative leaders hope the state Supreme Court will hold a new hearing in the Harper v. Hall redistricting case.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 1:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has removed Charlotte police officer Brentley Vinson from a lawsuit stemming from a fatal 2016 shooting.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 11:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals could reopen Wake County's scrap metal recycling contract process.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is appointing left-of-center activist lawyer Allison Riggs to fill a vacancy on the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 4:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has announced that he will appoint progressive attorney Allison Riggs to the North Carolina Court of Appeal. Riggs will complete the term of Richard Dietz, who won election to the North Carolina Supreme Court last November as part of a Republican sweep of statewide judicial elections
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2023 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper announced that he will appoint Allison Riggs to serve as a North Carolina Court of Appeals judge. She will fill the vacancy created by the Honorable Richard Dietz’s election to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 4:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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N.C. House and Senate pleased overall with the results of the General Election.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In Tuesday’s 2022 midterm elections, Republican candidates came out ahead in the state’s six statewide judicial races.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 1:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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