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SCOTUS brief offers rare support for free markets from Trump team
The nation's solicitor general opposes anticompetitive behavior in a dispute over Fayetteville's long-term electricity contract.
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Duke Energy rebuts feds’ arguments in SCOTUS appeal
Duke Energy rejects the US solicitor general’s arguments in a legal dispute stemming from Duke’s competition for Fayetteville’s long-term electricity contract.
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Feds oppose Duke Energy’s SCOTUS appeal in anti-monopoly case
The US solicitor general opposes Duke Energy’s request to have the nation’s highest court review an anti-monopoly lawsuit against the utility company.
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Supreme Court seeks US solicitor general’s input in Duke Energy antitrust case
The US Supreme Court has asked Solicitor General John Sauer to offer the federal government’s response to an antitrust case involving Duke Energy. A federal Appeals Court determined in August 2024 that Florida-based NTE Carolinas could move forward with monopoly claims against Duke.
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Future of NC solicitor general’s federal nomination uncertain after hearing
North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Park’s prospects for joining the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals remain unclear, after the state’s senior US senator declared this week that he has enough votes to block the nomination. Park appeared Wednesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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U.S. Supreme Court seeks solicitor general’s input about N.C. charter school case
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer to offer her thoughts about a case from North Carolina involving a charter school treated as a “state actor.” Supreme Court justices reviewed the case Friday.
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Federal government’s top Supreme Court lawyer will take part in N.C. redistricting hearing
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar will share the federal government’s views next month during U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in a high-profile N.C. redistricting case. It will mark the second time in little more than a month that Prelogar argues in a case with Tar Heel ties. The nation’s highest court issued an order Wednesday granting Prelogar’s request to take part in the Dec. 7 arguments for Moore v. Harper.
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Government’s top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer wants say in N.C. redistricting case
The federal government’s top U.S. Supreme Court lawyer wants to jump into a case dealing with North Carolina’s congressional election map. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has asked the nation’s highest court for time to speak during oral arguments in the case.
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Federal government’s top Supreme Court lawyer will take part in UNC admissions case
The U.S. solicitor general will take part in oral arguments next month in a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with admissions policies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The nation’s highest court announced Friday that oral arguments on Oct. 31 will last 90 minutes. That’s 30 minutes longer than the time allotment originally announced.
