Environmental groups are asking a federal judge to clarify that an earlier order protecting endangered bat habitat in western North Carolina forests throws out the federal government’s forest management plan.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will allow the town of Dobbins Heights to proceed with a lawsuit attempting to block a charcoal production facility near the town’s limits. Wednesday’s Appeals Court ruling reverses a trial judge’s decision in the dispute.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Chapel Hill in a legal dispute tied to the town’s inclusionary zoning rules. Appellate judges agreed that a homebuilder waited too long to file suit challenging more than $800,000 in fees.
A North Carolina judge has rejected Clemson University’s attempt to dismiss the Atlantic Coast Conference's lawsuit against the school in a dispute involving athletic media rights. The decision marks the second ACC victory in a North Carolina courtroom in recent months, after the same judge ruled against Florida State.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is urging North Carolina’s highest court not to take an appeal from Florida State University. FSU’s request is part of a “$700 million” legal dispute over the cost the school would face to leave the athletic conference.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is asking for an extra 20 days to respond to Florida State University’s petition to North Carolina’s highest court. FSU wants the court to block state court proceedings in a "$700 million" legal dispute over the cost of leaving the ACC.
Florida State University is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to enter the “$700 million” legal dispute between FSU and the Atlantic Coast Conference. The money is tied to penalties the university could face if it leaves the ACC.
A unanimous North Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Asheville’s removal of a downtown Confederate monument in 2021. It’s the same end result reached at lower courts, though Supreme Court justices reached their decision for different reasons.
The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments recently in a lawsuit brought by The Society for the Historical Preservation of the 26th North Carolina Troops against the City of Asheville over the removal of a monument honoring former North Carolina governor and confederate colonel Zebulon Baird Vance.
