Judge Slashes $50 Million Damage Award Against Hog Farm
A federal judge on Monday dramatically cut $50 million jury award to neighbors of an industrial hog operation for intense the smells, noise and other disturbances they’ve endured.
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New Police Beating Video Clearly Shows Chokehold, Aftermath
Newly released video shows a North Carolina police officer putting a pedestrian in a chokehold during an exchange that sparked outrage over use of force.
Read moreGeorgia Revives Old Fight to Move Tennessee Border
Georgia lawmakers reignited a simmering feud with Tennessee by recently approving a resolution that would establish a commission to convince the Volunteer State and North Carolina to give up a one-mile strip of land so it can access the Tennessee River.
Read moreNorth Carolina, Filmmaker, Spar Before 4th Circuit Over Pirate Booty
North Carolina asked the Fourth Circuit on Thursday to reverse a ruling that said the state pirated stock footage shot by a Virginia company of the 18th century pirate ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
Read moreOfficer Charged With Assaulting Black Jaywalking Suspect
A white police officer whose body camera recorded him beating a black pedestrian he accused of jaywalking has been arrested on assault charges in North Carolina.
Read moreJury Duty Anyone? North Carolina County Finds Few Takers
The judges, deputies and clerks showed up for court, but one key element was missing: No one had invited any jurors.
Read moreNC Voters Seek Emergency Relief After High Court Gerrymander Order
Voters in North Carolina filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking a state court to order that election districts crafted by a court-appointed special master be put into effect in time for upcoming state elections.
Read moreSupreme Court Blocks Some Redrawn North Carolina Districts
The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state’s legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this year’s elections.
Read moreJudge Restores Judicial Primaries in North Carolina
A federal judge Wednesday ordered North Carolina election officials to reinstate primary elections for judicial candidates seeking statewide office this year.
Read morePETA Tells Fourth Circuit NC Law Stymies Whistleblowers
Attorneys for a coalition of animal-protection, consumer-rights, and food-safety organizations on Thursday urged the Fourth Circuit to overturn a North Carolina law they say amounts to a gag order for whistleblowers and chills their freedom of speech.
Read moreFourth Circuit Asked to Toss City’s ‘Overly Broad’ Strip Club Rules
An attorney for a North Carolina strip club argued before the Fourth Circuit Wednesday that an ordinance adopted by the city of Rocky Mount to regulate sexually oriented businesses is overly broad and should be thrown out.
Read morePanel of Federal Judges Orders NC Lawmakers to Adopt Special Master Map
A panel of federal judges on Friday ordered North Carolina lawmakers to use district maps created by a Stanford University law professor in the coming elections in the second ruling this week on a state redistricting case.
Read moreSupreme Court Puts Brakes on North Carolina Gerrymandering Ruling
The Supreme Court on Thursday night temporarily blocked a trial court’s order requiring North Carolina lawmakers to redraw a congressional district map that was found to unconstitutionally diminish the voting power of minority and Democratic voters.
Read moreGOP Loses Bid for Stay in NC Gerrymandering Case
A three-judge federal court panel rejected a request Tuesday by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina for a stay of a ruling that found that state’s congressional district map unconstitutional.
Read moreNC GOP Appeals Gerrymandering Ruling to Supreme Court
North Carolina Republicans are appealing to the Supreme Court a federal district court’s decision to strike down the state’s congressional voter map.
Read moreNorth Carolina Must Redraw GOP’s Gerrymandered Map
Federal judges ruled Tuesday that North Carolina’s congressional district map drawn by legislative Republicans is illegally gerrymandered due to excessive partisanship that gave GOP a rock-solid advantage for most seats and must quickly be redone.
Read moreLawsuit: Duke, UNC Agreed to Not Hire Each Other’s Doctors
The basketball rivalry between Duke University and the University of North Carolina battle is legendary, but a federal lawsuit says the two elite institutions have agreed not to compete in another prestigious area: the market for highly skilled medical workers.
Read moreDemocrats Sue in Bid to Restore North Carolina Judicial Primaries
North Carolina Democrats filed a lawsuit against their Republican colleagues on the state legislature Tuesday in a bid to restore primary primary elections for statewide and local judgeships that had been scheduled for the spring.
Read moreFarm Workers Claim North Carolina Law Violates Their Right to Unionize
Farm workers in North Carolina claim in court that a recently approved amendment to the state’s Farm Act unfairly targets Latinos and other immigrants and prevents them from unionizing.
Read moreNC Church Accused of Litany of Abuses Against Children
As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette’s job to ensure they were in good hands. So as part of her casework, she visited Word of Faith Fellowship, the evangelical church they attended with the couple seeking to adopt them.
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