A federal judge has denied a Waynesville-based company’s request to block a federal rule change related to farm worker wages. The company argues the change could increase its costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Attorney Kieran Shanahan of Raleigh discusses U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle’s June decision to award $1.1 billion to victims of terrorism sponsored by Syria. Shanahan discussed the case with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal’s “Issues and Insiders.”
A federal judge has denied a request to speed up consideration of a lawsuit against North Carolina’s felon voting restrictions. An order issued Monday leaves the case’s current timeline intact.
The Pacific Legal Foundation is siding with five Asheville-area residents who are suing the city because of racial criteria tied to its Human Relations Commission. PLF and the five plaintiffs filed an amended complaint Tuesday in the case Miall v. Asheville. Plaintiffs argue that Asheville rejected them for the advisory human relations group because they are white.
Splits were evident among 14 judges of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, as they held a rare “en banc” hearing Thursday in a case involving North Carolina State Health Plan coverage for treatment sought by transgender people.
US District Judge William Osteen has criticized both state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls and the state Judicial Standards Commission for recent court filings in Earls’ First Amendment lawsuit. Osteen labeled language in the court filings “inflammatory.”
A federal court will hold a telephone conference Wednesday in a case involving voting rights for felons. The State Board of Elections and local district attorneys had objected earlier this month to holding a hearing and speeding up the case.
The city of Asheville wants a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit from five white applicants for the city’s Human Relations Commission. City officials dispute the plaintiffs’ argument that they were rejected from the group because of their race.
State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls objects to a requested time extension for a formal response to her federal First Amendment lawsuit. Earls’ latest court filing offers details about her ongoing dispute with a state judicial standards group.
North Carolina legislative leaders warned a federal judge this week that opponents of the state’s new abortion law are trying to “circumvent” the US Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs decision. The judge will hold a Sept. 25 hearing in Greensboro to address the issue.
Critics of North Carolina’s photo voter identification law will not be able to reopen discovery in their federal lawsuit challenging the law. A judge questioned whether ID critics had acted in "good faith" while denying their request Tu
