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Looking back at Leandro ahead of the latest N.C. Supreme Court hearing
Carolina Journal recaps key aspects of the long-running Leandro school funding story. This case returns to the state’s highest court Aug. 31.
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Locke, NCICL urge N.C. Supreme Court to rule Leandro forced money transfer ‘unconstitutional’
The N.C. Supreme Court should reject a trial judge’s decision to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state treasury to pay for education-related expenses. That’s the key argument in a brief submitted by the John Locke Foundation and N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.
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Legislators urge N.C. Supreme Court to reassert limits of judges’ education authority
N.C. legislative leaders want the state Supreme Court to reject a plan that would call for the forced transfer of $785 million for court-ordered education spending. Top legislators make their case in a new brief tied to the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit.
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State’s lawyers label court-ordered Leandro funding ‘appropriate,’ ‘necessary’
Lawyers from N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein’s Justice Department urge the N.C. Supreme Court to uphold an order forcing state government to fund $785 million for education-related expenses. State lawyers make that request in their latest filing in the long-running Leandro school funding dispute. Legislative leaders and the state controller have challenged the order. It...
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State says nearly $800 million from Leandro order remains unfunded
State officials report that close to $800 million remains unfunded from a judge’s $1.7 billion state education spending order. That assessment resulted from a court-ordered comparison of the spending plan and the new state budget. The $1.7 billion order was designed to fund items from the second and third years of a court-imposed Comprehensive Remedial...
Opinion
New judge can correct $1.7 billion unconstitutional error
Judge Michael Robinson can reject his predecessor's faulty decision to bypass the General Assembly's power of the purse.
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Latest order in N.C. school funding case adds new twist to $1.7 billion dispute
One line in a new court order could mark a major new development in the long-running legal battle over education funding in North Carolina. The line strikes at the heart of a constitutional dispute about $1.7 billion that has reached the state’s highest court. Judge Michael Robinson’s order Friday requests information and legal argument about...
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Dispute over $1.7 billion education spending order assigned to new judge
The fight over $1.7 billion in court-ordered N.C. education spending is heading to a new judge. Court records confirm that the long-running legal case known as Leandro is heading to Special Superior Court Judge Michael Robinson. Robinson takes over from retired Union County Judge David Lee. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby made the switch...
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State Supreme Court wants new assessment of $1.7 billion education spending order
The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to jump back into the state’s long-running school funding legal dispute. The court wants a trial judge to assess the impact of the new state budget on a $1.7 billion order for additional state education spending. A Supreme Court order issued Monday evening grants requests from both N.C. Attorney...
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Plaintiffs renew plea for N.C. Supreme Court action in Leandro school funding dispute
Supporters of a proposed $1.7 billion court-ordered hike in N.C. education funding are renewing their pleas for action from the N.C. Supreme Court. Court filings Tuesday urge justices to take another look at a case that dates back to 1994. The direct issue is a retired Union County judge’s order to transfer the $1.7 billion...
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Attorney general echoes Leandro plaintiffs, wants Supreme Court to jump back into school funding dispute
Lawyers working for N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will soon ask the state Supreme Court to jump back into the long-running Leandro school funding dispute. At stake is the potential transfer of $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds without legislative approval. A notice filed Tuesday in the state’s highest court warned justices that the attorney general’s...
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Appeal means $1.7 billion Leandro transfer could end up at N.C. Supreme Court
A Democrat-controlled N.C. Supreme Court could end up deciding the constitutionality of a $1.7-billion transfer ordered by the presiding judge in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. That outcome could be in the cards after plaintiffs in the case filed an appeal Dec. 15 challenging a Court of Appeals that blocked enforcement of the order...
