WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that barred a North Carolina county from opening its meetings with Christian prayers. The Supreme Court declined June 28 to take a case involving the Rowan County Board of Commissioners. ...

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SALISBURY  (AP) — Rowan County commissioners are trying to figure out how best to comply with a state law allowing permit-holding handgun owners to take their weapons onto county property. The Salisbury Post reports commissioners meeting in Salisbury on Monday ...

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Rowan County commissioners have obeyed a court order and did not pray in public at their latest meeting.

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APAC-Atlantic, Inc. v. City of Salisbury. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0330, 18 pp.) (John C. Martin, Ch.J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court. (Davis, Lindsay R., J.). N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: One result ...

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Winston v. Livingstone College, Inc.  (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0284, 5 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court. (Theodore S. Royster, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial ...

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State v. Eaton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0221, 20 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court. (W. Erwin Spainhour, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Where the defendant had discarded ...

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State v. Gillespie. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0223, 5 pp.) (Sanford L. Steelman Jr., J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court. (W. Erwin Spainhour, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though the trial ...

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State v. Miller (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0121, 5 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) On writ of certiorari from Rowan County Superior Court. (Theodore S. Royster Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here to read the full text of the opinion. Holding: A ...

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Keaton v. Keaton. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-16-1069, 19 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (Charlie Brown, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court's findings ...

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State v. Cowan. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0917, 19 pp.) (Sam Ervin IV, J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court. (John L. Holshouser Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although notice of the hearing on satellite-based monitoring (SBM) was sent to defendant, ...

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