Friday I blogged about a proposal to expand the Supreme Court’s mandatory appellate jurisdiction in Business Court cases. The General Assembly is apparently seeking more changes for our state judiciary–including expanding the mandatory docket of the Supreme Court in another area of the law.
A proposed amendment by the Senate to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-27 (2013 Senate Bill 744, Section 18B.16(e)) would provide direct appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court of both final and interlocutory orders that declare an act of the General Assembly unconstitutional.… Continue Reading