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Federal Appeals Court allows former soccer player’s sex harassment suit against NCSU

A former North Carolina State University soccer player will be allowed to move forward with his sexual harassment lawsuit against the university. A unanimous federal Appeals Court panel ruled in favor of Benjamin Locke on Friday.

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Federal Appeals Court grants stay to Riggs, Democrats in NC election dispute

A federal Appeals Court panel split 2-1 Tuesday in granting a stay and injunction requested by Democratic state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs in the election dispute involving her high court seat. The Appeals Court blocked a process North Carolina's highest court endorsed for resolving last fall's election result.

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Appellate judges will not force NC Supreme Court election dispute to return to federal court

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the North Carolina State Board of Elections’ request to move a dispute over the recent state Supreme Court election back to federal court. A three-judge panel refused Tuesday to reverse a federal trial judge’s decision last month to send the case back to state court.

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Appeals Court revives whistleblower lawsuit against NC opioid treatment clinics

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a whistleblower to proceed with her federal lawsuit against Acadia opioid treatment clinics in North Carolina. The Asheville clinic’s former assistant medical director accused the company of falsifying claims for federal government payments.

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Federal Appeals Court wrestles with proper venue for NC election dispute

The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals spent 90 minutes Monday afternoon — more than twice as much time as scheduled — listening to arguments about the proper venue for resolving Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin’s challenge of ballots cast in the Nov. 5 election.

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