North Carolina judge’s ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected
A North Carolina trial judge has upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a very close state Supreme Court election.
Federal Ruling Says State Courts Should Decide North Carolina Election Case
Three counts found an incumbent Democrat won a State Supreme Court race. But the Republican candidate is trying to nullify more than 60,000 votes.
North Carolina Supreme Court race fight will remain in state court
The Federal Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the fight over North Carolina’s Supreme Court race will remain in state court.
Legal battle continues over North Carolina Supreme Court election
More than three months after Election Day, the race for North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice still isn’t over as a heated legal battle continues in state court.
Federal judges say disputed North Carolina Supreme Court race belongs in state courts, for now
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that North Carolina's disputed race for a seat on the state Supreme Court must be reviewed in state courts before the matter can go before a federal tribunal.
North Carolina judge upholds state Supreme Court election results
Associate Justice Allison Riggs maintains a 734-vote lead over her Republican rival Jefferson Griffin, a result Griffin hoped to reverse.
Wake County judge dismisses GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in North Carolina Supreme Court election
A Wake County Superior Court judge on Friday rejected Republican Jefferson Griffin’s attempt to throw out 65,000 ballots cast in November’s Supreme Court election.
Griffin to appeal court loss in effort to throw out 60K NC ballots from 2024 elections
Republican Jefferson Griffin plans to appeal a Wake County court loss in his effort to invalidate more than 60,000 North ...
North Carolina judge finds racial bias in landmark death penalty case
The Racial Justice Act allowed people to challenge their death sentences if they could demonstrate race played a role in ...
Wake Superior Court is next stop for nation’s last unsettled election
Three justices from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled the litigation of the nation’s last undecided ...
Jefferson Griffin appeals Wake County judge’s decision in NC Supreme Court race
Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the North Carolina State Supreme Court election, is appealing a Wake County ...
Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
A North Carolina judge has ruled that racial bias tainted jury selection and sentencing in the trial of a Black inmate who ...
Griffin to appeal court loss in effort to throw out 60,000 NC ballots from 2024 elections
Republican Jefferson Griffin is challenging the ballots in an attempt to reverse the results of the 2024 election for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, which he appears to have lost to ...