The Guilford County Board of Education is asking North Carolina’s highest court not to take up a case involving the forced COVID-19 vaccination of a 14-year-old boy in 2021. The teen and his mother hope the state Supreme Court will revive their suit against the Guilford schools and Old North State Medical Society.
The North Carolina Supreme Court raised concerns Thursday about a lawsuit targeting lawyers who helped file election protests after the state’s 2016 governor’s race. One justice described the plaintiffs as asking the court to “blow up” protections provided to people engaged in those protests.
Questions during oral arguments Wednesday suggest the North Carolina Supreme Court does not favor mandating a 30-foot buffer between an Orange County subdivision and a neighboring horse farm. Plaintiff Alison Arter sued the county and property owners involved with the Array subdivision in 2021.
The Democratic National Committee and North Carolina Democratic Party are pressing pause on their lawsuit challenging recent changes to the state’s election law. A court filing Tuesday suggests parties in the case believe legislative action this year could affect the lawsuit’s claims.
A split 2-1 ruling in a Fourth Amendment case from North Carolina Tuesday prompted the chief federal appellate judge to take issue with fellow Judge James Wynn’s dissent. The majority opinion devoted multiple pages to critiquing Wynn’s arguments.
The North Carolina Supreme Court heard a death row inmate’s claims Tuesday that his 2001 murder conviction was tainted by gender discrimination in jury selection. Both Bryan Christopher Bell and co-defendant Antwaun Sims challenge their convictions.
The Department of Correction is adjusting practices to comply with new rules from Biden's DOJ.
North Carolina’s highest court will decide in the months ahead whether the town of Wake Forest could use a sidewalk requirement to reject a proposed charter school in 2020. The topic generated an hour of oral arguments Tuesday at the state Supreme Court.
The runoff election for the Republican nomination in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District race is heating up as both candidates work to align themselves with former President Donald Trump.
The recent death of longtime Republican redistricting lawyer Thomas Farr could help lead to a delay for a hearing planned next month in a “fair elections” lawsuit. Farr’s colleagues have asked for a delay in the hearing now set for May 22.
A fired Winston-Salem State University professor relied on comments from state Supreme Court Justice Richard Dietz when appealing to the state's highest court.
