NC Supreme Court

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North Carolina’s chief justice has quietly replaced the next leader of the state’s intermediate-level appeals court. The new chief judge at the Court of Appeals is Judge Chris Dillon, whose appointment took effect Monday.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper appointed an appellate judge and longtime voting rights attorney to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Supreme Court created when one of two Democratic justices stepped down early.

Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised Wednesday a state Supreme Court justice for suing this week to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public

North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Mike Morgan, who announced last month he won't seek reelection to the court next year, says he's weighing a 2024 bid for governor.

A Northwest North Carolina district court judge has been suspended following a decision by the state Supreme Court.

The razor-thin margin in the race for state Supreme Court Justice has not yet been resolved, and the North Carolina State Board of Elections says the counting will continue for a couple of days.

Some repeat convicted sex offenders in North Carolina who've completed their sentences should no longer be subject to perpetual monitoring by satellite-linked bracelets because it's unconstitutiona

Paul Newby, the lone registered Republican on the state Supreme Court, has made partisan comments against his six fellow justices.