Bar shutdown cases remind NC of Cooper’s legacy
Recent North Carolina Supreme Court rulings offer good news for those interested in protecting economic rights. The news might not be as good for former Gov. Roy Cooper.
Bar owners suing the state of North Carolina over COVID-related shutdowns in 2020 oppose Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest action in the case. Cooper is asking the state Supreme Court to take up the dispute.
A split state Court of Appeals panel has determined that bar owners can move forward with their lawsuit challenging Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown of their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The N.C. Court of Appeals will consider next month a case involving bar owners’ challenge against Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown orders. Chief Judge Donna Stroud and Judges April Wood and Jefferson Griffin, all Republicans, are scheduled to consider the case on May 9.