The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a trial judge’s $524 million judgment against former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg. With interest, Lindberg could owe closer to $600 million.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out a lower court order and ruled against Duke Energy in a dispute over providing electricity to customers in Fayetteville. A competitor argued that Duke had engaged in illegal anticompetitive practices to keep its current business with the North Carolina city.
A business owner from North Carolina can move forward with his lawsuit seeking a 10-year-old federal tax refund. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected government objections Friday and ruled that the case of Stephen Pond v. United States can proceed. At the same time, the court ruled that Pond cannot rely on a “common-law mailbox rule” to boost his case.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of provisions in North Carolina’s 2017 Farm Act dealing with labor unions. Judges ruled the state can ban lawsuit settlements that force farm owners to recognize unions and collect their dues.
Critics of North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly like to quote the words “almost surgical precision.” It’s unfortunate that those critics wield the phrase with such sloppiness that they obscure its original meaning. We’re likely to hear the quotation repeatedly between now and November. Thus it’s useful to look back at recent N.C. political history for...
North Carolina will have no judicial primary elections this year, if a 2-1 U.S. Appeals Court ruling stands. That ruling blocks a trial court’s decision and stops primaries for statewide judicial elections. The ruling arrives just three days before candidates in statewide judicial races could have started filing for office. Judges Paul Niemeyer and Stephanie...
Without clear guidance from the nation's highest court, redistricting plans will continue to be subjected to ongoing legal battles.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned major chunks of North Carolina’s broad election reform law passed in 2013, claiming that U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder committed factual errors when he threw out challenges to the law. “In holding that the legislature did not enact the challenged provisions with discriminatory intent, the...
RALEIGH — A mere 22 days before the start of early voting and with 4 million voter guides in the mail to North Carolina residents, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the state cannot enforce the parts of its election law eliminating same-day registration during early voting and prohibiting voters from casting ballots outside their precinct.
