This is the second in a series of stories about North Carolina’s process for choosing Court of Appeals judges and Supreme Court justices. The unprecedented influx of outside money into judicial elections in North Carolina, and other states, has raised ...

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State v. Whittington (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-0079, 16 pp.) (Robert H. Edmunds Jr., J.) (Robin E. Hudson, J., joined by Cheri Beasley, J., dissenting) Appealed from Nash County Superior Court (Quentin T. Sumner, J.) On discretionary review from the Court ...

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Rutherford Plantation, LLC v. Challenge Golf Group of the Carolinas, LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-0077, 2 pp.) (Per Curiam) (Cheri Beasley, J., not participating) Appealed from Rutherford County Superior Court (Marvin P. Pope Jr, J.) Appealed from the Court of ...

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The Glens of Ironduff Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Daly (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-06-0078, 1 p.) (Per Curiam) Appealed from Haywood County Superior Court (Gary E, Trawick, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Holding: ...

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A veteran North Carolina appeals judge is stepping down from the bench when his term ends next year, rather than seeking re-election.

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A Court of Appeals judge says he wants to move up to North Carolina's highest court. Judge Bob Hunter of Morehead City announced over the weekend he's seeking the associate justice position on the state Supreme Court that will be vacated next year by Mark Martin. Martin said late last week he will run for chief justice.

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A North Carolina appeals court defended the power of tax collectors to recalculate the returns of multi-state companies that shift assets to avoid or diminish corporate income bills.

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By SYLVIA ADCOCK, Staff Writer sylvia.adcock@nc.lawyersweekly.com   After narrowly losing his Court of Appeals seat to Doug McCullough, Judge Cressie Thigpen Jr. said last week that he was “open to having discussions with the governor” about filling the seat that ...

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A recount of votes requested by Judge Cressie Thigpen Jr. was completed late Monday, with the results showing that Doug McCullough is the winner of the Court of Appeals seat, with the gap between the two widening slightly. McCullough, a former Court of Appeals judge, narrowly edged out Thigpen when the second- and third-place ballots were counted in the instant-runoff election. In the 13-way race to determine the top two vote-getters, Thigpen was in first place with 20.3 percent of the vote compared to McCullough's 15.2 percent.

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In a surprise turnaround, former Court of Appeals Judge Doug McCullough has narrowly edged out Judge Cressie Thigpen Jr., apparently winning the seat. With all 100 counties reporting the results of a second round of ballot-counting, McCullough has a 5,988-vote lead over Thigpen. A spokesman for Thigpen said his campaign will ask for a recount, with a letter being delivered to the state Board of Elections this afternoon.

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