The governor and state treasurer offered judges contrasting views about a recent court ruling’s impact on the battle over a state Utilities Commission appointment.
A ruling Wednesday in a courtroom battle over appointments to seven North Carolina state boards and commissions could influence the outcome of another legal fight. This one involves the shift of a state Utilities Commission appointment from the governor to the state treasurer.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has rejected Gov. Josh Stein’s request to delay a case dealing with appointments to vacant statewide judicial seats and the state Utilities Commission. The dispute pits the Democrat Stein against Republican State Treasurer Brad Briner and GOP legislative leaders.
State Treasurer Brad Briner and Republican legislative leaders oppose Gov. Josh Stein’s proposal to pause a court dispute involving state judicial and utilities appointments. Documents filed Wednesday urged the North Carolina Court of Appeals to reject Stein’s request.
Gov. Josh Stein is asking the North Carolina Court of Appeals to put off legal filings for now in an appeal involving judicial and Utilities Commission appointments. The legal dispute pits the Democratic governor against Republican state legislative leaders and Republican Treasurer Brad Briner.
Gov. Josh Stein is urging North Carolina’s second-highest court to reject a proposal from Treasurer Brad Briner to speed up an appeal in a separation of powers dispute. The case involves a shift of a state Utilities Commission appointment from the governor to the treasurer.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals released its latest ruling Wednesday against Bald Head Island’s village government. It’s the most recent development in a legal dispute involving the sale of the island’s ferry system and associated infrastructure.
State Treasurer Brad Briner is asking North Carolina’s second-highest court to expedite a legal dispute involving an appointment to the state Utilities Commission. Gov. Josh Stein is appealing a lower court ruling that upheld the shift of a commission appointment from the governor to Briner.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has rejected Bald Head Island’s request to take up a legal dispute involving the sale of the ferry system that serves the island. A lower court ruling last year permitted the $56 million sale over island officials’ objection.
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner announced Wednesday that he has chosen former North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Donald van der Vaart as his nominee to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
Gov. Josh Stein is seeking a court order blocking a change in state law that would remove one of his appointments to the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Without court action, the process of shifting one of Stein’s three commission appointments to the state treasurer would begin on May 1.
