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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. The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices has varied.
The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.
North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [34] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [26] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government , [ 26 ] with most using the latter. [ 25 ]
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Online archive Archived August 12, 2021, at the Wayback Machine of the Session Laws of North Carolina, which include all ratified bills and resolutions in a given session of the General Assembly, 1817 to 2011, from the State Library of North Carolina. Guide to the Session Laws of North Carolina Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
On February 4, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the congressional and state legislative district maps drawn by the GOP-controlled General Assembly as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander in a 4–3 ruling, after a testimony had shown that Republicans were likely to win 10 out of 14 U.S. House seats under the proposed map ...
The attorney general of North Carolina is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina.The attorney general is a constitutional officer responsible for representing state agencies in legal matters, supplying other state officials and prosecutors with legal advice, and leading the North Carolina Department of Justice.