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A Henderson County commissioner is taking legal action against Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking to end his emergency COVID-19 executive orders. The lawsuit was filed May 28 by attorneys Chuck Kitchen, of Raleigh, and Lydia Boesch, of Pinehurst, on behalf of Freedom Matters NC of Moore County, and Rebecca and Cortney McCall of Henderson County. Rebecca McCall is vice-chair of the Henderson County Board of Commissioners. Cortney McCall is her...

Henderson County Commissioner Rebecca McCall has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper challenging his emergency powers related to the COVID pandemic

Attorneys Chuck Kitchen of Raleigh and Lydia Boesch of Pinehurst filed the lawsuit on behalf of Freedom Matters in Moore County, Commissioner McCall and her daughter-in-law, Cortney Johnson McCall, a schoolteacher and mother of school-age children. McCall has spoken out forcefully against the mask mandate that applies to all public school pupils, saying the requirement was unnecessary and emotionally harmful. The primary cause of action in the plaintiffs’ lawsuit is that a state of emergency ...

Restraints on government power tend to loosen during times of emergency. That’s a key reason to ensure that official “emergencies” last no longer than absolutely necessary. A lawsuit filed this month in Carteret County asks state courts to declare that North Carolina no longer faces an emergency in its response to COVID-19. Such a decision would block Gov. Roy Cooper from exercising extra powers he assumed more than a year ago. Cooper has been making often unilateral decisions since March...

NC bar owners file suit against Gov. Cooper over COVID-19 restrictions Share Updated: 5:56 PM EST Dec 29, 2020 Share Updated: 5:56 PM EST Dec 29, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript POWER. NEW AT 4:00, WE’RE HEARING FROM BAR OWNERS WHO ARE SUING GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, AGAIN. THEY SAY THE RESTRICTIONS ON BARS ARE CREATING UNFAIR TREATMENT OF BUSINESSES, AND THEY BELIEVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED. GOVERNOR COOPER SAYS HIS ORDERS ARE NECESSARY TO ...

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Carteret County Superior Court against Gov. Roy Cooper, focuses on Coopers executive orders, which the governor says are aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Plaintiff Danielle Bull owns Bulls Tavern at 408 W. Fourth St., while plaintiff Tiffany Howell owns Burke Street Pub at 1110 Burke St. and Tee Time Sports & Spirits at 3040 Healy Drive. It has 17 plaintiffs listed, including four each from Forsyth and Guilford counties and an Asheville piano bar. A se...

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Carteret County Superior Court. Plaintiffs Danielle Bull owns Bulls Tavern at 408 W. Fourth St., while Tiffany Howell owns Burke Street Pub at 1110 Burke St. The plaintiffs claim that Coopers executive orders affecting bars and certain private bar permit holders has made it "unprofitable to operate" and that each plaintiff has "suffered financial damages due to the closing" of their business. The plaintiffs want a judge to issue a declarative judgment that Coo...

Bar owners from six counties across North Carolina are going to court to challenge the governor’s executive orders shutting down their businesses. Their lawsuit seeks to have a key piece of the state Emergency Management Act declared unconstitutional. The suit filed in Carteret County Superior Court arrives the day after a similar complaint filed on behalf of a Greenville bar. Plaintiffs in the new suit own and operate bars in Guilford, Forsyth, New Hanover, Buncombe, and Wake counties, in ad...