North Carolina’s second-highest court will decide whether Catawba Indians enjoy sovereign immunity that protects them from some claims in a lawsuit tied to construction of a casino in Kings Mountain.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials are asking a federal Appeals Court to reject portions of a lawsuit filed by protesters who were banned from campus in 2024.
Plaintiffs in a decade-old copyright dispute related to the recovery of pirate Blackbeard’s sunken flagship plan another appeal to the nation’s highest court.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether state law protects the Department of Transportation from a lawsuit over two deaths on a snow-covered interstate in 2014. A unanimous North Carolina Court of Appeals panel ruled in favor of the DOT in September. That decision reversed a 2024 ruling from the state Industrial Commission.
A federal Appeals Court panel questioned Wednesday whether a 10-year-old copyright lawsuit over images of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship could move forward. The US Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that North Carolina state government had immunity from the suit.
The Richmond County Board of Education is defending its pursuit of a decade-old $272,000 judgment against state government. State Treasurer Brad Briner and Controller Nels Roseland urge the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject the Richmond school board’s pursuit of the money from the state.
North Carolina’s state treasurer and controller are urging the state Supreme Court to throw out a lawsuit from the Richmond County school board. The board seeks a $272,000 payment from state government.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed the Richmond County school board to continue pursuing $272,000 from state government. A judge originally ordered the state to pay the money a decade ago. The high court’s order Friday responded to a request from State Treasurer Brad Briner and Controller Nels Roseland.
State Treasurer Brad Briner and Controller Nels Roseland are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling favoring a local school system involved in a money dispute with state government. A split state Appeals Court panel ruled in April that the Richmond County Board of Education could continue to pursue a $272,000 court judgment against the state.
A federal Appeals Court has ruled that an expelled University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student cannot seek monetary damages in his lawsuit against the school. The anonymous student can seek to be reinstated and have his record cleared.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals is allowing the Richmond County school board to continue its more than decadelong quest for $272,000 from state government. A split 2-1 decision Wednesday rejected state officials’ request to have the case dismissed.
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