Gov. Josh Stein will not appeal a ruling against him in a legal battle over appointment of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol commander. A unanimous three-judge panel ruled against Stein and in favor of state legislative leaders one month ago.
North Carolina’s top legislative leaders are appealing a three-judge panel’s ruling allowing Gov. Josh Stein to fill statewide judicial vacancies without new restrictions.
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs is asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to step into the election dispute involving Riggs’ job. Riggs filed a notice of appeal in the case Monday. Activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias' law firm also appealed.
UNC Health and state health regulators are dropping their appeal in a certificate-of-need battle with Duke Health over 40 new hospital beds in Durham County. A court document filed Thursday indicates the legal fight is over.
Outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper and Governor-elect Josh Stein are challenging North Carolina legislative leaders’ latest plan for shifting control of appointments to the State Board of Elections. Cooper and Stein filed court documents Monday to fight provisions of Senate Bill 382.
Republican state legislative leaders are dropping their appeal in a court battle with outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper over restructuring the State Board of Elections. GOP lawmakers argue in a recent court filing that a new state law renders the case moot.
Twenty-four states filed a brief this week supporting North Carolina and West Virginia in their appeals to the US Supreme Court. The states seek to a reverse a federal Appeals Court ruling forcing taxpayer-funded health plans to cover medical treatments sought mainly by transgender people.
As state legislative leaders appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down some of North Carolina’s restrictions on an abortion pill, state and national groups are offering support in new court filings. The NC Values Institute and American Center for Law and Justice have filed separate briefs in recent days with the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr is taking his “fair elections” lawsuit to North Carolina’s appellate courts. Orr filed a notice Friday of his appeal challenging a three-judge panel’s dismissal of his case.
State legislative leaders are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling striking down part of a North Carolina law restricting access to the abortion pill mifespristone. Lawmakers filed their notice of appeal Thursday, one week after the US Supreme Court rejected a separate challenge to the drug from abortion opponents working with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
State government lawyers are appealing a federal judge’s recent decision striking down North Carolina’s law criminalizing felon voting. Felons who cast ballots in this state’s elections could have faced new felony charges before the judge’s ruling.
