Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page is suing the county and commissioner Kevin Berger in federal court. The suit claims Berger and the county government retaliated against Page for running against Berger’s father in this year’s Republican state Senate primary.
A federal jury has found the North Carolina Highway Patrol guilty of retaliation in the case of a state trooper who was fired after raising concerns about mandatory COVID testing.
A federal judge has ended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus ban of three people involved in pro-Palestinian protests in 2024. The judge also dismissed portions of the protesters' lawsuit.
A former North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper can pursue his federal lawsuit claiming he was fired in retaliation for his concerns about mandatory COVID testing.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit from former Lenoir-Rhyne women’s basketball players who claimed they were forced off the team in 2021 because of racism and retaliation. The decision Tuesday upheld a trial judge’s ruling favoring the school.
A federal judge will allow advocates for Asheville’s homeless population to continue pursuing their lawsuit against the city. The suit challenges Asheville’s decision in 2021 to ban the 15 plaintiffs from city parks.
The US Supreme Court has declined to take the case of Stephen Porter, a North Carolina State University professor who claimed he faced retaliation for critical statements involving social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The high court rejected Porter’s case Monday without comment. A split 2-1 panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled against Porter in July 2023.
A unanimous state Court of Appeals panel has ruled in favor of Mocksville in the town’s legal dispute with a fired police officer. The officer had claimed he was dismissed after filing a complaint that he was forced to work while sick with COVID-19.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court ruling against a former Mocksville police officer. The officer argued he had been fired after complaining about police corruption and mismanagement.
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