North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Although two of the trial court’s findings of fact recite testimony from the bench trial, those findings go on to demonstrate that the court engaged in logical reasoning. The findings reveal how the trial court linked the evidence about damage ...

Plaintiffs could not bring a claim for damages against ICE agents who allegedly violated their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights because recognizing a Bivens remedy in this context was unwarranted given Congress’s refusal to provide such a remedy in any of its ...

Police received an anonymous tip about a white male in a gold or silver vehicle acting suspiciously in a parking lot in an area known for vandalism and break-ins; however, the responding officer found defendant—a black male—in a silver vehicle. ...

Although respondent was not required to state specific grounds for his exception to a commissioners’ partition report, since he did so, and since the clerk and superior court considered whether the commissioners’ report should be confirmed in light of the ...

South Carolina will receive $4.5 million as its share of a $120 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson for falsely stating the longevity of its metal-on-metal hip implants, causing serious medical problems for patients who had to have them replaced, ...

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There is no established level of marijuana metabolites in the blood to show impairment, and evidence that defendant had smoked marijuana prior to her accident is insufficient to show she was actually impaired at the time of the accident. Nevertheless, ...

After defendant requested a limiting instruction on evidence of his prior weapons possession charge, the trial court correctly advised the jury it could only consider such evidence to establish knowledge and opportunity. We find no plain or prejudicial error in ...

  Where the indictment accusing defendant of murder alleged that, in violation of G.S. § 14-17, he did “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously … with malice aforethought kill and murder Todd Beyer,” the indictment complied with the short-form indictment requirements of ...

RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and other opponents of legislative Republicans filed a flurry of late-hour lawsuits Aug. 6 to block referendums on constitutional amendments and to let a Supreme Court candidate disclose his party affiliation on ballots. ...

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SANFORD (AP) One of the men convicted of killing basketball star Michael Jordan’s father 25 years ago has a new attorney to pursue his claims that he didn’t shoot James Jordan. WRAL-TV reports attorney Chris Mumma will represent Daniel Green, who appeared Aug. ...

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