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Asheville agrees to eliminate race-based commission criteria
Asheville Council strikes race-based quotas from the Human Relations Commission after lawsuit. A consent decree ensures appointments without racial criteria.
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Deal could end racial discrimination lawsuit challenging Asheville board
A federal lawsuit challenging the way Asheville chooses members of its Human Relations Commission could end with a deal. Parties in the case filed a proposed consent decree Friday.
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Judge throws out NC ‘sore horse’ case challenging federal administrative procedure
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit in North Carolina challenging the process the government used to charge a man with entering a “sore” horse into a competition. The decision arrived one day after the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the case.
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Dental boards still dominated by insiders 10 years after SCOTUS case from NC
Ten years after the US Supreme Court handed down an antitrust ruling against North Carolina’s dental board, similar boards across the country have done little to respond to the high court’s decision. That’s a key finding in a new report the Pacific Legal Foundation released Wednesday.
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What will Trump and Harris do about housing costs? An expert lays out the problem
Over the last five years, housing prices in North Carolina are up 47%. Why are rentals and prices skyrocketing? Here is what the presidential candidates say they will do to bring affordability back.
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Federal judge rejects injunction against EPA in NC wetlands fight
A federal judge has decided not to grant an injunction against the US Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers in a lawsuit challenging the agencies' definition of federally protected wetlands. Property owner Robert White is challenging federal regulation of his forested land near the Pasquotank River.
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NC, Iowa cases challenge federal agency’s actions ignoring Supreme Court
Property owners in North Carolina and Iowa are working with the Pacific Legal Foundation to challenge Army Corps of Engineers actions that appear to ignore US Supreme Court precedent. Federal court documents filed in both states argue that the Army Corps is relying on an interpretation of Clean Water Act rules “soundly rebuked” by the high court in the 2023 case Sackett v. EPA.
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PLF, trial lawyers back homeowner in Apex sewer pipe fight
The Pacific Legal Foundation and North Carolina Advocates for Justice are supporting a homeowner in her dispute with Apex over a sewer pipe. The dispute has reached North Carolina’s highest court.
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Case from NC challenges unaccountable federal financial industry regulator
Caleb Kruckenberg, attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, discusses a case filed on behalf of Frank Black and Charlotte, N.C.-based Southeast Investments. It challenges rules created and enforced by the private nonprofit Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Kruckenberg offered these comments during an interview with Mitch Kokai for CarolinaJournal.com.
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Asheville human relations lawsuit could become class-action case
Asheville residents challenging membership requirements for the city’s Human Relations Commission hope to pursue a class-action case. Paperwork filed Friday in federal court seeks to extend the suit to anyone disqualified by race from
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Asheville plaintiffs seek emergency order against human relations appointments
Plaintiffs challenging appointments to Asheville’s Human Relations Commission are seeking an emergency restraining order and injunction in federal court. They claim the city is using unconstitutional racial preferences in choosing members for the advisory board. Asheville plans to make appointments to the board on Oct. 10.
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Pacific Legal Foundation joins race discrimination fight linked to Asheville board
The Pacific Legal Foundation is siding with five Asheville-area residents who are suing the city because of racial criteria tied to its Human Relations Commission. PLF and the five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Tuesday in the case Miall v. Asheville. Plaintiffs argue that Asheville rejected them for the advisory human relations group because they are white.
