North Carolina farmers' federal lawsuit challenging changes to the H-2A visa program could end soon, thanks to a similar case in Louisiana. US Justice Department lawyers filed a court document Monday asking a judge to dismiss the North Carolina case as moot.
A federal judge has signed an order ending a racial discrimination lawsuit challenging Asheville’s rules for serving on its Human Relations Commission. The order arrived a week after Asheville City Council voted to amend the commission’s membership and appointment criteria.
A federal lawsuit challenging the way Asheville chooses members of its Human Relations Commission could end with a deal. Parties in the case filed a proposed consent decree Friday.
A split federal Appeals Court panel has reversed a lower court ruling involving Asheville city government's noise limits near a Planned Parenthood site. The 2-1 decision Wednesday favors the city over an abortion critic who won at the trial court.
