Wake County hopes the state’s highest court will take up a dispute involving the county’s scrap metal contract. The county wants to see a lawsuit from a losing contract bidder thrown out.
The N.C. Supreme Court hears its first oral arguments of 2023 on Tuesday morning. Four cases scheduled from 9:30 a.m. through 3 p.m. mark the first public business for the court since voters made a significant change in its partisan composition.
On the first day of 2023, Republicans officially took over majority control of North Carolina's highest court.
A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals ruling could force Wake County to revisit its contract for scrap metal collection. Appellate judges agreed Tuesday to revive a lawsuit from a rejected metal collection bidder.
It matters whether Republican Ted Budd or Democrat Cheri Beasley wins the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Richard Burr. It matters whether the Republicans win legislative supermajorities. It matters whether Democrats can cut into the GOP’s increasing domination of local elections in rural and suburban areas, or whether Republicans can make inroads in county...
The North Carolina Supreme Court met in the Historic 1767 Chowan Count Courthouse in Edenton on October 3 and 4. The beauty of the setting belied the ugly politics behind two of the cases the court heard on those days. The court had decided on a 4-3 party-line vote on July 28 to truncate the normal judicial process in Harper v. Hall, a...
In November’s midterm elections, the stakes are high in the two races for the North Carolina Supreme Court. The high court currently has a 4-3 Democrat majority, so if Republicans flip just one seat, the balance shifts on the court. In a relatively rare opportunity, the four candidates running for the N.C. Supreme Court were...
A court case involving a Clemmons zoning dispute reminds us about the importance of property rights.
The N.C. Supreme Court’s senior associate justice, Robin Hudson, will not seek re-election next year. Hudson announced Thursday that she will not run for another term. Hudson, 69, would have reached the mandatory retirement age of 72 in February 2024, little more than one year into an eight-year term on the bench. “It doesn’t make...
