Lawyers representing the North Carolina State Health Plan are asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction against the plan in a dispute over coverage for medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not consider a case involving more than three dozen Raleigh police officers who argued that they were unconstitutionally passed over for “stand-by” pay. A unanimous state Appeals Court panel ruled against the officers in 2023.
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The US Supreme Court has vacated a lower court ruling against the North Carolina State Health Plan in a case dealing with coverage of medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients. The high court issued an order Monday calling for the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to give the case “further consideration in light of United States v. Skrmetti.”
Two Kinston men who say the city condemned their properties in 2017 based on a racially discriminatory process will not get a second review of the case from the North Carolina Supreme Court. Two months after the high court ruled in favor of Joseph Askew and Curtis Washington in 2024, the state Appeals Court ruled against the two men.
The US Supreme Court will review Thursday a case involving North Carolina State Health Plan coverage of medical treatments typically pursued by transgender patients. The case Folwell v. Kadel is scheduled for a closed-door review.
State Treasurer Brad Briner’s office believes Wednesday’s US Supreme Court decision in a Tennessee case will help resolve North Carolina’s legal battle over State Health Plan coverage of medical treatments for transgender patients.
State government lawyers are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject an appeal in a recent case upholding government restrictions on Sunday hunting. Plaintiff Tim Oates is asking the state’s high court to overturn a unanimous April 16 decision from the state Court of Appeals. Appellate judges agreed that the laws governing Sunday hunting comply with the North Carolina Constitution.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s restrictions on Sunday hunting. The unanimous decision Wednesday from a three-judge appellate panel rejected a plaintiff’s argument that Sunday hunting restrictions are unconstitutional.
The North Carolina Supreme Court split 4-2 Friday afternoon in a decision designed to resolve the dispute over last fall’s high court election. A unanimous court agreed that more than 60,000 ballots cast by voters with incomplete voter registration records should count. But the fate of 5,700 other challenged ballots remains uncertain.
The nation’s highest court is scheduled to review in December an appeal in a case involving the North Carolina State Health Plan’s coverage of medical treatments typically pursued by transgender patients. Justices will decide after that review whether to take the case.
