Had left-leaning justices gone along with conservative stalwart Clarence Thomas, they might have secured a better outcome for upcoming election disputes.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an immigrant student at N.C. State University who sued ExxonMobil for discrimination. The student claimed the oil company illegally rescinded an internship. The unanimous Appeals Court decision affirmed a trial judge’s ruling against Aldo De Leon Resendiz.
Two women from Wilson are the latest North Carolinians to plead guilty to fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Act (PPP) loans in a nationwide multi-million COVID-19 fraud scheme.
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has modified its lawsuit against North Carolina’s new anti-riot law. ACLU took action six days after Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bill amending one of the law’s challenged provision
Supporters and opponents of North Carolina’s new abortion law will head back to federal court on Sept. 21 in Greensboro. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has set that date for a hearing on a possible preliminary injunction blocking portions of the law.
A split panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a professor at N.C. State University. He had raised concerns about the NCSU education school’s recent focus on social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
The city of Raleigh is asking a federal judge to drop the city from a High Point woman’s lawsuit challenging her arrest connected to an April 2020 protest over state COVID-related shutdowns. Monica Ussery filed suit in April against the city, a now-retired police chief, and a now-retired Raleigh police captain, along with Gov. Roy...
Critics and supporters of North Carolina’s voter identification law will head to a federal courtroom on July 26 in Greensboro. A status conference that morning will help determine how a three-year-old federal lawsuit will proceed.
The lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s abortion law would return to a federal courtroom in mid-September, under competing plans disclosed Wednesday. Parties in the case filed a joint motion offering alternative timelines for addressing the case’s ongoing legal dispute. Under either plan, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles would hold a hearing on Sept. 12 or Sept. 13.
Parties in the ongoing legal battle over North Carolina’s new abortion law have agreed that a temporary restraining order against one section of the law can last longer than two weeks. U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued the order Friday. Eagles allowed most of the new law to take effect on July 1. But she placed a two-week TRO on a section dealing with a documentation requirement linked to use of abortion drugs.
Three days after allowing most of North Carolina’s new abortion law to take effect, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles has confirmed that legislative leaders can continue to defend the law against a challenge from Planned Parenthood. An order issued Monday “memorializes” a ruling Eagles made during a court hearing Wednesday.
