On Monday, a Superior Court judge ruled that a company must immediately halt what is described by state officials as an illegal mining operation in Mitchell County. The operation was uncovered by officials from the Department of Labor who saw irregularities when they showed up to provide safety training to miners.
Pro-Palestinian protesters banned from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus are seeking an injunction against UNC. A court filing Thursday seeks to have the ban lifted.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a request from farm owners to block wage rule changes tied to the federal H-2A visa program. Critics had warned that the Biden administration changes would inflate farmers' costs and drive some toward hiring illegal immigrants.
A federal judge has rejected Perdue Farms’ request for an injunction blocking federal labor officials from hearing a whistleblower complaint from Robeson County originally filed 10 years ago. US District Judge Terrence Boyle issued an order Tuesday denying Perdue’s motion for an injunction against the US Department of Labor and poultry farmer Craig Watts.
Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin filed a motion Friday evening asking a federal judge to send Griffin’s legal dispute with the North Carolina State Board of Elections back to state court. Griffin also seeks an injunction blocking the elections board from certifying the results of the Nov. 5 Supreme Court election.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asking a federal judge to maintain oversight of Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s lawsuit tied to the November election. The board also urges the judge to rule against Griffin’s request for an injunction.
Judges and justices deserve more freedom to comment on matters of public concern, especially in a state that fills the jobs through elections.
There were several allegations of chicanery in North Carolina’s 2002 election cycle, but today’s subject is a strange case down in Fayetteville where a duly appointed elections official had his ruling trumped by an Election-Day injunction. What happened?
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