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Bipartisan appellate panel to hear elections appointment case Jan. 27
A bipartisan North Carolina Court of Appeals panel will hear a case on Jan. 27 dealing with control over appointments to the state elections board.
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Appeals Court revives former Roxboro officer’s challenge to NC Giglio law
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will allow a former Roxboro police officer to move forward with his lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s 2021 Giglio law. Wednesday's ruling reverses a trial judge’s decision to dismiss SeanPatrick Leech’s lawsuit.
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Bipartisan NC Appeals Court panel rejected Griffin’s December election request
Three months after its decision, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has revealed the names of judges who ruled against colleague Jefferson Griffin in December during the early stages of his election dispute. Chief Judge Chris Dillon and Judges Tobias Hampson and April Wood issued a unanimous Dec. 10 order against Griffin. Dillon and Wood are Republicans. Hampson is a Democrat.
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McDowell adult care home can pursue regulation complaint against DHHS
An adult care home in McDowell County can move forward with a state constitutional lawsuit against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the home’s complaints against state regulators are not blocked by the statute of limitations.
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Appeals Court rejects open-meetings lawsuit over Pinehurst officials’ email
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit alleging that Pinehurst officials broke the state’s open-meetings law in 2021 by conducting business via email. Major state media outlets had filed paperwork earlier this year supporting plaintiffs in the case.
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Appellate judge invites top NC court to clarify legal issue of marijuana, hemp odor
A North Carolina Appeals Court judge is asking the state’s highest court to clarify an issue that has cropped up multiple times in recent appellate cases. Defendants are challenging law enforcement searches of cars and suspects based on the smell of marijuana.
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Cooper asks state’s high court to take up COVID bar shutdown case
Gov. Roy Cooper is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a case stemming from his shutdown of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Appeals Court ruled in April that Cooper had violated bar owners’ rights to the fruits of their labor and equal protection of the laws.
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Appeals Court delivers partial victory to bar owners who sued over COVID shutdown
Bar owners who sued Gov. Roy Cooper for shutting them down during the COVID-19 pandemic have won a partial victory at the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel agreed the governor had violated bar owners’ rights to the fruits of their labor and equal protection of the laws. At the same time, the Appeals Court rejected the bar owners’ argument that the shutdown amounted to an unconstitutional taking of their property.
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Forced COVID vaccination case brings up issues of federalism
A mother and teenage son fighting a forced COVID vaccination in court will have to overcome the impact of a 2005 federal law.
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Mother appeals case of teen’s forced COVID shot to state Supreme Court
A Guilford County mother hopes the state Supreme Court will take the case of her teenage son’s forced COVID vaccine shot. The mother and son sued the Guilford County school board and the Old North State Medical Society over the 2021 incident.
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Former top lawmaker loses political discrimination case at state Appeals Court
The state Court of Appeals has rejected a political discrimination claim from Bill Culpepper, the former high-ranking Democratic lawmaker who was fired in 2022 from his job as general counsel at the Office of Administrative Hearings.
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Cooper appeals ruling over COVID bar shutdowns to highest NC court
Gov. Roy Cooper is urging the state Supreme Court to take up a case of bar owners suing the state over government-enforced shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. A split state Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 this month that bar owners could move forward with their lawsuit against Cooper and the state.
