Federal judges have dismissed most claims in two lawsuits brought against North Carolina election maps. The judges deferred a decision about the new congressional map.
All parties seek to pause a federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments sought by transgender patients.
The North Carolina State Health Plan announced Wednesday the reinstatement of its “longstanding exclusion of transition-related treatments” typically sought by transgender patients. The announcement arrived on the same day a court case challenging the exclusion officially returned to a federal trial court from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a Concord man’s conviction on federal hate crime charges. Marian Hudak was sentenced in 2024 to 41 months in prison and three years of supervised release.
A federal Appeals Court has upheld rulings against the plaintiffs in a series of North Carolina lawsuits against Merck over its Gardasil vaccine. Appellate judges agreed that the plaintiffs failed to follow the proper procedure to pursue their complaints.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a 200-month prison sentence for a man accused of overseeing nearly $12 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in North Carolina.
A former North Carolina State University soccer player will be allowed to move forward with his sexual harassment lawsuit against the university. A unanimous federal Appeals Court panel ruled in favor of Benjamin Locke on Friday.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a former North Carolina State University athlete to pursue his sexual abuse lawsuit against the university. The unanimous decision Tuesday from a three-judge appellate panel overturned a trial judge’s decision favoring NCSU.
North Carolina legislative leaders are asking a three-judge federal panel to throw out portions of two lawsuits challenging the state’s congressional and legislative election maps. Lawyers for top Republican lawmakers filed a motion Friday for partial summary judgment in the two suits, Williams v. Hall and North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. Berger. Both cases are scheduled for trial next summer.
The full 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has voted not to hold a rehearing in a case that produced a recent ruling against Duke Energy. The court announced Tuesday that it had voted 11-2 against considering the case en banc.
A federal judge will allow state and national Republican groups to move forward with their lawsuit challenging 225,000 voter registrations in North Carolina. An order issued Friday denied requests from the State Board of Elections and Democratic National Committee to have the case dismissed.
