North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The Supreme Court seemed wary Tuesday of getting federal judges involved in determining when electoral district maps are too partisan. The high court heard more than two hours of arguments in two cases involving the issue. During the first case, ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement on March 20 that a black death row inmate’s conviction and death sentence at his sixth murder trial could ...

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Gerrymandering is on trial as the U.S. Supreme Court and judges in a dozen states consider whether mapmakers — typically state lawmakers — have gone too far in manipulating the boundaries of legislative districts for their own advantage. The high ...

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Authorities in a North Carolina county say some, but not all, services have been restored after a ransomware virus led to a shutdown of its entire computer network. Orange County officials said Wednesday that staffers have disinfected 20 of the ...

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The president of Wake Forest University says the school was itself a victim of an admissions scheme involving a volleyball coach. University President Nathan Hatch issued a statement Wednesday saying coach William Ferguson, who’s on leave, is the only school ...

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The sponsor of a North Carolina law limiting LGBT rights that led businesses, entertainers and others to boycott the state is running for Congress. State Sen. Dan Bishop of Charlotte filed on Thursday to run in the 9th Congressional District ...

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North Carolina is being sued again over its treatment of transgender people, as state employees argue that their health plan violated federal law by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures. The new lawsuit comes amid unresolved litigation over North Carolina’s ...

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In June 2005, a 63-year-old woman was thrown from a tram at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro. The vehicle tipped over onto her, seriously injuring her shoulder and requiring years of treatment. The state paid out $85,000 more than ...

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The U.S. Senate has confirmed a 37-year-old lawyer as a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals despite opposition from civil rights and LGBTQ groups. Allison Jones Rushing was nominated by President Donald Trump in August for the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal judges can’t rule from beyond the grave, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The high court said in an unsigned opinion that a federal court can’t count the vote of a judge who died in a ...

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