Dec 16, 2024 · The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state’s highest court, and there is no further appeal from its decisions on matters of state law. It is made up of the Chief Justice, who also serves as head of the Judicial Branch, and six associate justices.

The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court.

2 days ago · An appeals court has agreed that a federal trial judge acted properly last month in declining to rule on the eligibility of voters in an unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election.

1 day ago · On Nov. 5, North Carolina voters re-elected Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, to her seat on the Republican-controlled North Carolina Supreme Court. The contest was close, but clear.

2 days ago · A federal appeals court said on Tuesday that the legal battle in North Carolina over a State Supreme Court seat should be decided in state court. The opinion from a three-judge panel on the U.S ...

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Jan 29, 2025 · The 2024 race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat remains the last vote from the election to not be settled. Here's what to know.

Jan 10, 2025 · An incumbent Democrat narrowly won re-election to the state’s highest court. But the Republican-controlled court is considering an unusual protest from her challenger that could flip the result.

6 days ago · North Carolina’s highest court has upheld a law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages.

Founded in 1818, the North Carolina Supreme Court is the state's court of last resort and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Paul Martin Newby. As of August 2024, one judge on the court was appointed, one was elected in a partisan election as a Democrat, and five were elected in partisan elections as Republicans.