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State Supreme Court takes case involving Cooper’s COVID bar shutdowns

The North Carolina Supreme Court will consider at least one of two pending cases related to Gov. Roy Cooper’s 2020 shutdown of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued an order Thursday granting the governor’s September 2023 request to take up the case Howell v. Cooper. The order arrived nine days after the governor asked the high court to take up a second case brought by the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association. Justices have not yet acted on the second case.

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Former TIAA employees sue over termination and denial of religious exemption to COVID vaccine mandates

Former employees of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America are suing their former employer over being terminated from their jobs after failing to comply with the company’s COVID-era vaccine mandate.

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Locke, NC Chamber, Farm Bureau urge top NC court to revisit administrative deference

The John Locke Foundation, NC Chamber, and NC Farm Bureau all hope the North Carolina Supreme Court will choose to reform the way state courts address the legal issue of “administrative deference.” The groups filed separate friend-of-the-court briefs Wednesday in a case challenging the dismissal of Winston-Salem State University professor Alvin Mitchell.

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Top NC court urged to consider two legal battles pitting GOP lawmakers against Cooper

North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders are asking the state Supreme Court to take up two disputes with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. Both focus on changes to appointments for state boards and commissions. The state’s high court would have to bypass the Court of Appeals to take the cases, both titled Cooper v. Berger.

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