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Animal sanctuary asks top NC court to take up Winston-Salem dispute
An animal sanctuary owner is asking North Carolina’s Supreme Court to take up her zoning dispute with Winston-Salem.
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Trial court hearing scheduled Feb. 7 in NC Supreme Court dispute
Wake County’s top Superior Court judge has scheduled a Feb. 7 hearing in Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s lawsuits against the State Board of Elections. Griffin challenges more than 65,000 ballots cast in his election against appointed incumbent Democrat Allison Riggs.
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Former student counters NCSU’s state Supreme Court arguments in Poe Hall dispute
A former North Carolina State University graduate student and employee is urging the state Supreme Court to reject the university’s efforts to block him from investigating the Poe Hall shutdown. Darren Masier seeks evidence about whether PCBs found in the building could have contributed to his cancer.
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Earls rejects recusal request in Leandro education funding case
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls will not recuse herself from the court’s upcoming hearing in the long-running education funding case commonly known as Leandro. Earls, a Democrat, signed a 13-page order Wednesday rejecting Republican legislative leaders’ request that she step away from the case.
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State Supreme Court will not revisit case that overturned precedent on nurses’ liability
North Carolina’s highest court will not revisit a 2022 decision that overturned a 90-year-old precedent dealing with legal liability for nurses. Defendants in the case had challenged the earlier ruling issued by three members of the seven-member court.
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Lawmakers urge state’s highest court to revisit Leandro history
State legislative leaders hope the North Carolina Supreme Court's earliest decisions in a long-running education funding dispute will guide its upcoming actions.
