Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed district court judges in districts 3B, 29A and 29B, the North Carolina Judicial Branch announced. Bob R. Cherry will become a district court judge in Judicial District 3B (Carteret, Craven, and Pamlico counties). He currently ...

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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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The North Carolina Supreme Court has directed a commission to study the portraits hanging inside its courtroom amid a complaint about one of a pro-slavery judge. The News & Observer reported Thursday that the state’s top court formed a commission tasked with ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A panel of judges was asked Aug. 15 to decide whether North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is trying to fool voters by calling for constitutional changes without explaining the effect would be to strip more power from Democratic Gov. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The first day of North Carolina judicial candidacy filing attracted more than 120 people seeking seats on the bench this November. Filing began at noon June 18 for over 150 District Court or Superior Court seats, along with one ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A panel of North Carolina trial court judges has rejected arguments by a government reform group and local residents that a special session of the General Assembly violated the state constitution. The case centers on a December 2016 ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper announced six judicial appointments May 18 to fill vacancies left when judges retired or left to fill other court vacancies. Cooper appointed Judge William Wood to fill an opening in the Guilford County Superior Court, along with ...

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  The Mecklenburg County Bar has selected seven nominees to fill two judgeships in the area, according to a release the bar posted on their website. According to North Carolina state law, all district judgeship vacancies must be filled by ...

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By Dylan Castellino State courts are the workhorses of our judicial system, and a recent special legislative session highlights the significance of reform in North Carolina. Studies show about 95 percent of all cases nationwide are initiated in state courts, ...

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A group of Mecklenburg County district judges came together on March 27 to voice their opposition to a bill in the General Assembly that they say would inject politics into the state’s judicial system. Senate Bill 306 would divide the ...

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