The North Carolina Court of Appeals will not allow critics of a quarry near William B. Umstead State Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport to pursue their case against the quarry’s latest mining permit.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed the Richmond County school board to continue pursuing $272,000 from state government. A judge originally ordered the state to pay the money a decade ago. The high court’s order Friday responded to a request from State Treasurer Brad Briner and Controller Nels Roseland.
The state Appeals Court reminds observers that judges face constitutional limits when ordering the state to spend money.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals is allowing the Richmond County school board to continue its more than decadelong quest for $272,000 from state government. A split 2-1 decision Wednesday rejected state officials’ request to have the case dismissed.
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.
A split North Carolina Court of Appeals panel has rejected a Charlotte television reporter’s attempt to secure the names and addresses of private security guards involved in a fatal 2023 shooting. The court’s majority ruled that Allied Universal Security Service, or AUS, was not required to provide the information to WBTV investigative reporter Nick Ochsner.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will allow the mother of an East Carolina University student killed in a 2020 car crash to pursue a lawsuit against the State Highway Patrol trooper who caused the accident. The 2-1 Appeals Court decision Tuesday reversed a trial judge’s ruling favoring Trooper Omar Romero Mendoza.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued three decisions Tuesday in traffic injury cases pitting plaintiffs against local governments. The court ruled against Cornelius and Surf City while offering a mixed ruling to Charlotte officials.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the state Utilities Commission’s decision to regulate a mainland parking lot tied to the Bald Head Island ferry. But appellate judges have rejected the commission’s regulation of a related barge operation that transports goods to the island.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of a homeless man who kept guns in his car while seeking kidney treatment at UNC Hospitals in 2021. Appellate judges agreed the state law used to convict Joseph John Radomski III unconstitutionally restricted his Second Amendment rights.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit challenging the Confederate monument outside the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham. Tuesday’s unanimous decision affirmed a trial judge’s ruling against monument critics.
