Judicial and legal news
The Fort Mill School District plans to ask a judge to let it intervene in lawsuits between York County and Silfab Solar over the company's controversial factory.
NBA star Chris Paul returned to his hometown for the unveiling of a basketball court mural celebrating his legacy.
The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take two cases that could help clarify the rules for parties battling in court over state certificates of need. The post Top NC court takes two cases that could clarify CON legal disputes appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take a case stemming from a 2024 aircraft accident in Arkansas. Critics argued that a lower court’s decision “fundamentally transforms” rules about which businesses can be sued in this state. The post Case that ‘fundamentally transforms’ business suits hits top NC court appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will take a case pitting a former Guilford County judge against the State Bar. Mark Cummings asked the high court to determine whether the Bar has authority to discipline him for actions he took while serving on the bench. The post Top NC court will take case pitting former judge against State Bar appeared first on Carolina Journal.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not take up a zoning dispute between Winston-Salem and a banned animal sanctuary. Kimberly Dunckel had argued that the city violated her constitutional rights when it blocked her Fairytale Farm sanctuary in 2023. The post Top NC court will not take Winston-Salem animal sanctuary case appeared first on Carolina Journal.
North Carolina’s highest court will not allow a man to withdraw a more than 20-year-old guilty plea he made before fleeing the state to avoid sentencing. Sticking to the plea will mean a longer prison sentence than the defendant would have faced two decades ago. The post Top NC court says man can’t withdraw plea 20 years after fleeing state appeared first on Carolina Journal.
A hospital lobbying group and other state healthcare organizations are defending North Carolina's certificate-of-need law against a challenge at the state Court of Appeals. The post Healthcare groups defend CON law in NC Appeals Court brief appeared first on Carolina Journal.
Investigators began looking into the incident Monday, Oct. 19, after finding items on school property indicating a firearm had been discharged.
A former Mexican official could face trial for treason after an illegal joint operation with the CIA caused two deaths.
A court document says Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution.
Jimar Neely and Nathan Jarrod Thomas were both found not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with killings in separate cases.
A federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11. The order Thursday from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett came as the BBC’s lawyers complained that Trump had delayed his appearance.
A child care worker at Mt. Bethel Methodist Church Child Development Center in Bethlehem was charged with misdemeanor assault on a child.
A Greensboro man faces charges for reportedly causing second and third-degree burns on his 7-week-old baby.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it resume building a border wall project through the Big Bend region of Texas.
A federal judge on Wednesday night blocked the Department of Homeland Security from conducting election-related field operations that could sweep up U.S. citizens in nine states. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, an appointee of President Joe Biden in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, issued a preliminary injunction after voting rights advocates alleged that Homeland […]
A Georgia Instagram star was federally indicted for an alleged $4 million SNAP fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia.
Diquan Hunt, already facing charges from a viral assault video, is now charged with threatening and trying to assault a woman in July, according to an arrest warrant
Catawba County investigators said the child was located safely on Wednesday, Oct. 21.