The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court ruling favoring Dare County in a dispute with beach property owners over COVID restrictions. The court handed down its unanimous opinion Wednesday in Blackburn v. Dare County.
The N.C. Supreme Court could decide in the weeks ahead whether to hear Greenville’s legal defense of its red-light camera enforcement program. That’s despite the fact that the city shut down the program in November. Red-light critics filed paperwork with the state's highest court Wednesday.
The N.C. Court of Appeals will decide in the weeks ahead whether Orange County will need to repay millions of dollars collected for school impact fees since 2009. Judges heard an hour of oral arguments Tuesday in the case Zander v. Orange County.
Nearly two months after Greenville shut down its red-light camera program, the city continues to defend the program in court. Greenville filed paperwork Wednesday asking the N.C. Supreme Court to consider the issue.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s ruling favoring Franklin County in a dispute with a developer. The unanimous decision Thursday rejected developer PEM Entities’ lawsuit.
Watauga County and three of its towns urge the N.C. Supreme Court to reject Boone’s request to take up a dispute involving local sales taxes. Boone is trying to drag the state’s highest court into a "messy, local political squabble," according to a document filed Tuesday with the state’s highest court.
The Town of Boone is urging the N.C. Supreme Court to consider a lawsuit challenging Watauga County’s distribution of local sales tax revenue. Town officials filed a petition Tuesday with the state’s highest court.
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals ruling could force Wake County to revisit its contract for scrap metal collection. Appellate judges agreed Tuesday to revive a lawsuit from a rejected metal collection bidder.
The N.C. Court of Appeals has issued a 2-1 ruling favoring the Graham Police Department in its dispute with media outlets over access to law enforcement recordings of an October 2020 protest. The decision reverses a trial judge’s June 2021 ruling.
The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of a dispute over removal of a Confederate monument in Asheville. In orders issued Friday, the court blocked an April ruling from the state Appeals Court and agreed to review the case.
Spring Lake’s former finance director faces four years in federal prison after embezzling more than $500,000 from the town. Gay Cameron Tucker, 64, was sentenced Wednesday, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office.
