A former North Carolina State University grad student and employee is challenging the university’s sovereign immunity arguments in a legal dispute involving the Poe Hall shutdown. The state Appeals Court issued a May 16 order granting the university a temporary stay in its dispute with Darren Masier.
A federal magistrate judge has issued an order limiting the number of new witnesses and documents plaintiffs can use during next week's trial challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law. US District Judge Loretta Biggs is scheduled to hold a bench trial starting Monday in Winston-Salem.
A federal Appeals Court judge issued her concerns Monday about practices within the US attorney’s office in Eastern North Carolina. Her concurring opinion in a federal firearms case calls attention to the office’s “concerning conduct.”
A federal judge has scheduled a May 6 bench trial in a more than five-year-old lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law. The announcement of a trial date will have no impact on the use of voter ID for this year’s primary election.
Sixteen private schools in Cumberland and Durham counties are appealing a series of trial court rulings in a lawsuit dismissed earlier this year challenging North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. One ruling involves the schools’ attempt to collect more than $25,000 in sanctions against scholarship critics.
Critics of North Carolina’s photo voter identification law will not be able to reopen discovery in their federal lawsuit challenging the law. A judge questioned whether ID critics had acted in "good faith" while denying their request Tu
Opponents of North Carolina’s new voter identification law are defending their request to reopen discovery in a federal lawsuit against voter ID. Republican legislative leaders and state election officials have argued against additional discovery.
Top Republican state lawmakers urge a federal court not to reopen discovery in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter identification law. Legislative leaders warn that additional discovery could delay resolution of the lawsuit until after the 2024 election.
Sixteen private schools targeted for documents and depositions in a recently dismissed lawsuit over Opportunity Scholarships are seeking sanctions against the plaintiffs. In a motion filed May 1 in Wake County Superior Court, the schools' attorney asked for sanctions to cover fees and costs of more than $25,000.
A 2-1 ruling from the N.C. Court of Appeals Tuesday criticized a trial judge for limiting a defendant’s in-person access to attorneys during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision could have an impact during future health scares. “Hindsight is 20/20, and we recognize this Court has the benefit of hindsight but the trial court did not,”...
Two more documents filed late Friday with the N.C. Court of Appeals take aim at legal tactics employed by opponents of the Opportunity Scholarship Program. The filings also criticize the trial judge who has been overseeing a lawsuit challenging the program. “This appeal is about who will decide whether or not to take away educational...
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