Plaintiffs in a lawsuit which challenges the operation of three separate school systems in Halifax County Tuesday appealed a state Court of Appeals ruling which upheld a decision made in state court to dismiss the original lawsuit.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals in a 2-1 opinion has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners which focused on the operation of three separate school systems.
Mediation is an option in the lawsuit filed against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners regarding the three separate school systems in the county.
As a key court date in the lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners nears, the Coalition for Education and Economic Security and the Halifax County Branch of the NAACP are encouraging the general public to attend a hearing on the matter.
As Halifax County Commissioners wait for a December 22 hearing in which it will ask to dismiss a lawsuit filed challenging the three-district school system, the judge presiding over the case has made a decision on whether to allow outside attorneys to practice the case.
In calling upon the court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the three-district school configuration in Halifax County, the attorney representing county commissioners builds part of his case using the Evergreen Solutions Report.
The introductory portion of a lawsuit challenging the three-district school configuration in Halifax County “reads more like a press release for political purposes,” than an actual legal document, the attorney representing the county commissioners wrote in a motion to dismiss the action.
The judge assigned to hear the UNC Center for Civil Rights lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners over school district lines said he will take the center's motion to allow nine out-of-state attorneys to assist in the matter under advisement.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 17 residents in the Brandy Creek community of Roanoke Rapids has been settled through a mediator for $42,000, a document shows.
