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More than a year after a New Bern eye surgeon asked North Carolina’s highest court to take up his challenge of the state’s certificate-of-need law, the court has answered yes. An order issued Friday confirms that the North Carolina Supreme Court will hear Dr. Jay Singleton’s challenge to state CON restrictions. Singleton had appealed to the high court in August 2022.
Courts moved fast to overturn Arizona’s prohibition on recording the police within eight feet. A federal judge suspended the law two months after it passed in July 2022, and then struck it down on July 21, 2023, after nobody came forward to defend it.
Attorneys with both the ACLU and Institute for Justice have filed briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight with North Carolina's top health official.
The N.C. Supreme Court issued orders Monday allowing attorneys from both the ACLU and Institute for Justice to file briefs supporting Ace Speedway in its legal fight against the state’s top health official. State Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley is urging the high court to reverse the state Court of Appeals. A unanimous appellate panel ruled in August 2022 that speedway owners could pursue a lawsuit against Kinsley over a forced shutdown in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law in court hopes the N.C. Supreme Court’s decision in another case will help his cause. Dr. Jay Singleton is focusing on the high court's decision to take up a lawsuit involving Ace Speedway.
Regulatory compliance, medical billing and monopolies made by certificate of need laws have hindered independent doctors from opening and expanding their practices, leading to decreased competition, higher costs and lack of choice for patients.