Affirm . . . reverse . . . those are the words that usually appear at the end of an appellate opinion. But last week, the Supreme Court of North
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To Cite or Not to Cite–That Is the Question
Your introductory research and writing class probably taught you that constitutions, statutes, and binding caselaw are primary authority. Those should be the basis of any appellate brief.
But is it
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Wake County Lawsuit Challenges Retention Election Statute
Back in June, we blogged about the passage of a new law that created “retention elections” for sitting justices on the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Justice Bob Edmunds is
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