North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Mecklenburg County Courthouse visitors were treated to the musical stylings of District Court Judge Donnie Hoover earlier this month. Hoover, who began taking piano lessons when he was in the fourth grade and hung with it until he reached high ...

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Defendant Teresa Beal was not pleased when Watauga County foreclosed upon and sold her rental property without, as she puts it, doing its due diligence to locate her and personally talk to her about her delinquent property taxes. Instead, Beal ...

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In a case of dueling dentists, the state Business Court has found that the word ‘Carolina’ is something to be shared.

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This week’s edition of The Economist, a British news magazine, includes a column about a federal court decision earlier this year which may cause millions of dollars to change hands because of a comma that legislators in Maine declined to ...

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An appeal from a man who got busted with a pocketful of pills and heroin during a raid on a moonshine shed has gone down the drain at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Major Newkirk (yes, that apparently is ...

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Comments that an attorney made during a trial pitting two brothers against their late father’s lover came back to haunt the siblings on appeal. Earl and Henry Fortner argued at the Court of Appeals that a trial judge erred in ...

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Today’s street slang includes the popular phrase/piece of advice, “stay in your lane.” Laconically, it translates to “mind your business.” Well, a Henderson County motorist learned from the state Supreme Court that he could adhere to both the literal and ...

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In America, freedom is not only cherished and appreciated, but expected. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly — these are rights bestowed upon every American and they do not expire. But what good is freedom if a ...

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Teaching the art of applying makeup is free speech, argues a Mecklenburg County woman in a civil rights suit against the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners. Jasna Bukvic-Bhayani is a war refugee who wants to open a makeup ...

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After a two-year, $10 million renovation, the York County Courthouse reopened earlier this year to a mostly warm reception. It featured refurbished wood floors, cathedral-style ceilings, and elevators. What it did not feature is the Confederate flag and portraits of ...

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