Sixteen private schools in Cumberland and Durham counties have withdrawn their appeal of trial court rulings in a now-dismissed lawsuit that targeted North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Among the challenged rulings was one that blocked the schools from seeking more than $25,000 in sanctions against scholarship critics. A court document filed Monday mentions a settlement agreement.
Top legislative leaders will ask the North Carolina Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel’s ruling favoring Gov. Roy Cooper in a legal fight over the State Elections Board. Lawmakers filed a notice of appeal Tuesday, the same day the public learned about the panel’s decision.
Gov. Roy Cooper and lawyers representing state government’s executive branch are appealing a February court ruling upholding appointments to five of seven state boards Cooper targeted in a lawsuit. State legislative leaders also have appealed the ruling.
A federal judge has denied a requested injunction in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision arrived Friday, almost two months after plaintiffs had initially called for court action. Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
A federal Appeals Court has dismissed an appeal from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. The decision Tuesday leaves the case with a trial judge in Raleigh. The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected plaintiffs’ request to set a deadline for the trial court to issue a ruling in the case.
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