The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a dispute pitting a coalition of media outlets against Graham police over release of police video recordings.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2024 @ 5:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the city of Raleigh in its pay dispute with 37 police officers.
Published: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 @ 1:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, and against the Department of Environmental Quality, in a dispute over animal-waste permits.
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2024 @ 5:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon's legal fight against North Carolina's certificate-of-need restrictions on healthcare providers.
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2024 @ 11:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case involving a property-rights dispute over a sewer line in Apex. The town requested a review from the high court in June 2021.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 3:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is criticizing Superior Court judges for not holding an immediate hearing on his request to block new state appointments laws.
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 @ 2:17 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 will not issue an order blocking its own March 2022 decision in a legal fight over government retiree health benefits. That decision allowed retirees to pursue a lawsuit to restore a discarded premium-free health care option.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 4:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a suit brought by parents claiming that a Charlotte-area private school went woke and then expelled students of parents who disagreed.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 3:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Superior Court judges from Granville, Johnston, and Richmond counties will oversee Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit challenging a law that takes away some of his appointment powers.
Published: Friday, February 16th, 2024 @ 12:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A three-judge Superior Court panel appointed by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby will consider Gov. Roy Cooper's latest lawsuit against state legislative leaders.
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 11:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners suing the state of North Carolina over COVID-related shutdowns oppose Gov. Roy Cooper's latest legal request. Cooper wants the state Supreme Court to take the case.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 5:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leandro plaintiffs are asking the state Supreme Court to reject a petition from state legislative leaders. Top lawmakers want the high court to take another look at the long-running education funding lawsuit.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is asking the state Supreme Court to consider a case of bar owners suing the state for damages because of COVID-related shutdowns in 2020.
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2024 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has granted state law enforcement officials' request to block a lower court ruling favoring a video sweepstakes operator in a Robeson County case.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 4:59 pm
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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Lawyers for state legislative leaders have signaled they intend to seek another state Supreme Court review of the Leandro education funding case.
Published: Tuesday, December 26th, 2023 @ 9:52 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A split state Court of Appeals panel has ruled that North Carolina bar owners can proceed with their lawsuit challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's 2020 shutdown orders during the COVID pandemic.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 12:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Supreme Court will not bypass an intermediate court's consideration of two parents' lawsuit against a Charlotte private school. Doug and Nicole Turpin accuse Charlotte Latin of expelling their children to retaliate against criticism of changes in the school's focus.
Published: Tuesday, December 5th, 2023 @ 2:20 am
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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Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants requested a mistrial in his New York non-jury civil fraud case on Wednesday, alleging the appearance of bias from the judge and his principal law clerk had “tainted” the trial.
Published: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 @ 12:34 am
By: Daily Wire
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Charlotte officials urge the state Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling favoring a suspended firefighter.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 4:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Alamance County filed paperwork with the NC Court of Appeals this week defending county commissioners' decision not to remove a Confederate monument in Graham in 2020.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The NC Court of Appeals ruling this week against Wilson County schools in a pension-spiking dispute could affect outstanding cases in Harnett and Union counties.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 8:47 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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A new court filing from two parents alleges that Charlotte Latin School "hatched a plan" to expel their two children after the parents questioned the school's operations.
Published: Saturday, November 18th, 2023 @ 12:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In a split 2-1 ruling, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit against the city of Charlotte and a police officer who fatally shot a man in 2017.
Published: Thursday, November 16th, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling favoring Louisburg in a dispute over a Confederate monument removed from Main Street in 2020.
Published: Monday, November 13th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Wilson County Board of Education owes more than $400,000 to help fund a former assistant superintendent's retirement benefits, based on a ruling Tuesday from the state Court of Appeals.
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 8:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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State law enforcement leaders are asking North Carolina's second-highest court to block a Robeson County trial judge's ruling in favor of a video sweepstakes operation.
Published: Thursday, November 9th, 2023 @ 8:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With a 10-4 vote, the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request to rehear the case United States v. Brown before the full slate of appellate judges.
Published: Wednesday, November 8th, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Orange County property owners urge the NC Supreme Court to take up their lawsuit challenging school impact fees.
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2023 @ 7:58 am
By: Carolina Journal
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