The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments on Jan. 27 in the election dispute involving a seat on North Carolina’s Supreme Court. A court order Friday afternoon set the hearing in response to Democrat Allison Riggs’ request to expedite the case’s timeline.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asking a federal Appeals Court to order a federal trial judge to take back a case involving a dispute over the state’s recent state Supreme Court election. The case sits now with North Carolina’s Supreme Court, which blocked certification of the election through a temporary stay Tuesday.
North Carolina’s senior US senator is criticizing a federal Appeals Court judge’s decision to rescind his pending retirement. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis played the leading role in blocking the Biden administration’s choice to replace Judge James Wynn.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Philip Morris in the tobacco company’s legal battle with the state Revenue Department over an $8.7 million tax bill. The decision Friday split the court, 5-2, along party lines. The dispute involved export tax credits Philip Morris claimed on tax returns dating back a decade.
A three-judge federal Appeals Court panel will decide soon whether a lawsuit challenging 225,000 voter registrations in North Carolina should return from federal court to state court. State and national Republican groups filed the suit in state court against the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is making his case against North Carolina’s abortion pill restrictions at the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Stein is the Democratic nominee for governor in this fall’s election.
State legislative leaders are appealing a federal judge’s recent ruling striking down part of a North Carolina law restricting access to the abortion pill mifespristone. Lawmakers filed their notice of appeal Thursday, one week after the US Supreme Court rejected a separate challenge to the drug from abortion opponents working with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
President Joe Biden made a stop in Raleigh Thursday to tout not only how Bidenomics is helping the country succeed on many fronts but also that the White House is investing another $82 million to connect 16,000 additional homes and businesses to high-speed internet in North Carolina.
Federal Appeals Court Judge James Wynn plans to step down from his seat. His decision to take senior status will give President Biden the chance to appoint four judges to the 14-member Appeals Court based in Richmond, Virginia.
Plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate map are asking a federal Appeals Court to set a Jan. 15 deadline for a trial court decision about an injunction. That’s if appellate judges choose not to consider the case themselves in the days ahead.
Top legislative leaders urge a federal Appeals Court to dismiss an appeal from plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Lawmakers filed a motion Friday, roughly three hours after the plaintiffs blamed a trial judge for delays in the case.
