Republicans hold strong majorities on the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. There’s a chance the case could ultimately ...

A federal appeals court says North Carolina judges should be the first ones to rule on a legal challenge that could ultimately determine who wins an open seat on the state’s Supreme Court.

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, is currently leading N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican, for a state Supreme Court seat by 734 votes.

Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the North Carolina State Supreme Court election, is appealing a Wake County ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An appeals court agreed Tuesday that ... of thousands of voters last fall in an unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election and returning the matter to state court.

Still possible after a Wake Superior Court would be appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the state Supreme Court for matters of the state; appeals of a federal issue would return to ...

State courts will get the first crack at resolving the as-yet-uncertified race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme ... of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order that means ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — An appeals court agreed Tuesday that a federal trial judge acted properly last month in declining to rule on the eligibility of tens of thousands of voters last fall in an ...