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Federal judge approves limited class in NC juvenile detention center lawsuit

A federal judge will allow a lawsuit challenging solitary confinement in North Carolina juvenile detention centers to cover anyone housed at the Cabarrus Detention Center. At the same time, the judge has rejected a request to extend the suit to all juvenile detainees in state facilities across North Carolina.

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State Supreme Court to decide if Apex fee challenge moves forward as class action

The North Carolina Supreme Court will decide in the months ahead whether developers challenging a recreation fee in Apex can move forward with a class-action suit. The town has asked the high court to reverse a trial judge’s decision allowing the class action.

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