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The N.C. Court of Appeals will consider next month a case involving bar owners’ challenge against Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown orders. Chief Judge Donna Stroud and Judges April Wood and Jefferson Griffin, all Republicans, are scheduled to consider the case on May 9.
Plaintiffs in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro education funding lawsuit urge the state Supreme Court to reject two recent motions in the case. The N.C. Justice Department also opposes the motions from state legislative leaders and the controller’s office. Both motions ask the state’s highest court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
Lawyers for N.C. state government explained Friday why they believe the N.C. Appeals Court should reject bar owners’ pleas for compensation related to COVID-19 shutdowns. A trial court dismissed the bar owners’ case in March 2022.
More than $677 million of a court-ordered state education plan remains unfunded, according to new documents from state lawyers. The documents filed Monday respond to the N.C. Supreme Court’s latest ruling in the long-running Leandro case.