RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It appears the legal battle over a modern house in a historic Southern neighborhood will end after the North Carolina Supreme Court declined to weigh in. The high court decided earlier this week to deny a ...

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The North Carolina Supreme Court’s recent decision to consider the legal battle over who should control the city of Asheville’s water system may finally answer one of the fundamental legal questions facing municipalities across the state: What are the limits ...

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A stucco manufacturer that advertised a 20-year warranty may have to make good on that offer, despite a North Carolina law that generally requires any lawsuits over real property improvements to be brought within six years of the construction’s completion. ...

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JACKSONVILLE — The Supreme Court has taken up the appeal over the sale of North Carolina State University’s Hofmann Forest, a working forest in Onslow and Jones counties. The Daily News of Jacksonville reported (http://bit.ly/1wouoVk) reported the state Supreme Court bypassed the ...

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RALEIGH —The operator of Charlotte Motor Speedway gets one more crack at convincing North Carolina judges that the track should get $80 million in tax breaks offered by local officials. The state Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday that the speedway, one of the ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s highest court is examining whether state utilities regulators correctly weighed the consumer impact of two rate increases for a Duke Energy operating unit. The state Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments Monday in two lawsuits in which Attorney ...

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RALEIGH — The state Supreme Court has upheld a decision by North Carolina electric power regulators that allowed a Duke Energy subsidiary to raise rates on residential customers of the former Progress Energy by 7.5 percent over two years. The justices agreed Wednesday ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers are making it harder to contest their decisions in court by establishing an unprecedented system to hear cases challenging whether laws are constitutional. The state budget legislators approved and Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law last week creates ...

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RALEIGH – A case that lawyers say could result in limiting the protections provided by standard 10-year new-home warranties – and even longer warranties for homebuilding products – was argued before the N.C. Supreme Court last week. Lawyers in the ...

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RALEIGH — The 2014 elections will go on as planned after North Carolina’s highest court refused to delay them while the justices consider the legality of the most recent version of election districts. The state Supreme Court announced Friday its denial of a ...

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