North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
RALEIGH (AP) — A federal judge wrongly blocked North Carolina’s latest photo voter identification law, an appeals court ruled on Dec. 2, reversing a rule which had declared that the requirement was tainted by racial bias largely because a previous ...
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Newby still up after machine recount in N.C. justice race 
RALEIGH (AP) — Republican Paul Newby’s narrow lead over Democratic incumbent Cheri Beasley changed little overall as a statewide machine recount of North Carolina’s very close race for Supreme Court chief justice was finally completed late on Dec. 2. The ...
Read More »Nestle, Cargill at high court in child labor case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed concerned Tuesday about the impact of siding with food giants Nestle and Cargill and ending a lawsuit that claims they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in Africa ...
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Read More »Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s census plan
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the ...
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Read More »Criminal record, sentence changes among new N.C. laws
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New laws began Tuesday in North Carolina that are designed to help more people convicted of lower-level crimes and nonviolent drug trafficking get records cleared or punishments eased. The ” ...
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Read More »Pitt Co. district court canceled due to COVID
All sessions of Pitt County District Court are cancelled on Tuesday, Dec. 1, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts announced on Nov. 30. Pitt County Chief District Court Judge G. Galen Braddy said that that all sessions of ...
Read More »High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to divvy up congressional seats is headed for a post-Thanksgiving Supreme Court ...
Read More »4th Circuit upholds hog verdict; Smithfield announces settlement
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a 2018 jury verdict that led to awarding monetary damages to neighbors of a North Carolina industrial hog operation for smells and noise they said made living nearby unbearable. ...
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Read More »Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press When President Donald Trump sends lawyers to court, it seems he’s not sending his best. Fighting to challenge an election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has launched a barrage of lawsuits across the ...
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Read More »Decriminalize small amounts of pot in N.C., panel says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A task force that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper created to address and eliminate racial disparities in North Carolina’s criminal justice and court systems recommended on Wednesday that legislators decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. ...
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