News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Judges

This newspaper's opinion: Judge's removal in order. N&O, Nov-27-79, 4:1
Morgan's letter backs Winberry. N&O, Nov-28-79, 23:3
Winberry testified on big fee he received for no-contest plea. N&O, Nov-29-79, 1:2
Investigation to stall vote on Winberry. N&O, Nov-30-79, 35:3

Judges

Questions blocking Winberry bid for judgeship. Pictures. N&O, Dec-2-79, 1-7:1
Winberry nomination gets support of bar. Picture. N&O, Dec-4-79, 16:1
Winberry nomination remains unsure of Senate confirmation. N&O, Dec-5-79, 1:1
Under the Dome: Ezzell may seek judgeship. N&O, Dec-6-79, 1:3
Probers check on Winberry. Picture. N&O, Dec-9-79, 1-7:1

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Judge removed from health case. N&O, Dec-10-79, 36:1
Testimony links judge to payment. N&O, Dec-11-79, 14:2
ABA may reconsider nomination. Picture. N&O, Dec-12-79, 17:1
Judge is found innocent of embezzlement charge. Picture. N&O, Dec-12-79, 19:1
Richmond bar group backs Bagley trial judge. Picture. N&O, Dec-13-79, 26:1

Judges

Judges, prosecutors expect trouble with new trial law. Picture. N&O, Dec-15-79, 26:1
Rotation of judges to begin. N&O, Dec-18-79, 31:1
Recess won't kill Winberry's hopes. N&O, Dec-21-79, 37:1
12 N.C. judges say they own no insurance stock. N&O, Dec-22-79, 12:1
Ingram hits appeals judge's insurance interests. Picture. N&O, Dec-22-79, 1:1

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People's Forum: Too lenient. N&O, Dec-24-79, 4:2
Bagley lawyer seeks reproach. N&O, Dec-25-79, 6:3
Chief justice backs judge in making rule. Picture. N&O, Dec-25-79, 1:2
Senate panel probes Winberry letter. Picture. N&O, Dec-28-79, 26:1
Winberry says letter considered. Picture. N&O, Dec-29-79, 32:1

Judges

Judge Hobgood plans active retirement. N&O, Dec-30-79, 1-2:2

Judges

Jordan attacks election board letter, calls it threat to fall judicial races - Jy 25 86 1
Editorial: Wrangling over judgeships - Jy 28 86 12A
Editorial: Jockeying for judgeships - Au 3 86 12A
Federal judge upholds N.C. law on filling District Court vacancies - Au 3 86 38A
Request denied to bar elections for judgeships - Au 15 86 4D
Under the dome: (Administrative law) Judges take 2nd oath to be on safe side - Au 27 86 1
Former Wake GOP leader (Pearson) challenging judgeship law - Au 30 86 24C
Law giving judges new powers poses problems for Wake jail - Au 30 86 1C
Gastonia man (Voorhees) touted for federal judgeship - Se 10 86 3C
Appointments stir up judicial political pot - Se 14 86 5D
Political hardball: Is it the best way to choose judges? - Se 14 86 1D
Editorial: Judicial gambit unfair - Se 20 86 18A
Martin names Ms. Hamilton district judge - Se 25 86 1C
N.C. judge (Sentelle) touted to replace Scalia - Se 28 86 45A
10 file suit over judicial elections - Oc 3 86 4D
Currin reportedly to be chosen for judgeship in Eastern N.C. - Oc 3 86 1D
Hamilton takes oath as judge for busy Wake District Courts - Oc 7 86 2C
Editorial: GOP assaults judicial integrity - Oc 16 86 26A
Lawsuit by minorities seeks to halt election of judges - Oc 17 86 2D
Black lawyers' group backs Nov. judicial vote - Oc 22 86 18C
Legislator says judge made partisan political speech - Oc 24 86 22D
Judge refuses to halt election of judges - Oc 25 86 5C
Under the dome: Martin, Jordan face off over judgeships - Oc 26 86 1
Heated race puts partisan judicial selection in question - No 2 86 35A
Under the dome: Poll boosts GOP hopes - No 2 86 32A
Under the dome: Judgeship for Currin appears unlikely - No 6 86 1
Billings supports merit selection - No 15 86 WA-1
Martin says he will name Smith to Superior Court - No 28 86 1D

Judges

First woman (Ward) named to Wake court - Ja 9 82 21
Six seek nomination for judgeship (Parker vacancy) - Ja 12 82 17
Hunt selections swell ranks of court judgeships in N. C. - Ja 24 82 30-I
Attorneys nominated for judgeship (Payne; Hamilton; Cashwell) - Ja 26 82 19
Wake prosecutor (Cashwell) named to District Court bench - Fe 4 82 39
Hunt's picks make up 42.6 percent of judges in state courts, staff says - Fe 8 82 1C
Under the dome: Judges join list of requested resignations (from boards and commissions) - Fe 26 82 1
New judge's sentences fuel debate (Ward) - Fe 27 82 1
Fountain to step down after 29 years on bench - Mr 29 82 1C
Under the dome: Candidate in primary (Eagles) gets Hunt appointment (judge) - My 19 82 7A
Wilmington attorney (Fox) touted for judgeship - My 21 82 1
Five nominated for two judgeships - My 23 82 31A
Two GOP officials urge removal of Lincoln County election judge (Beam) - My 23 82 35A
Senator's son named to special judgeship - Jn 3 82 5B
Judges told of public concern about state's drunken drivers - Jn 15 82 10C
District attorney (Watts) given judgeship - Jn 26 82 3C
Hunt switches status of judge (Phillips, from special to resident judge) - Jy 24 82 3C
Judge (Wheeler) named to head 3rd Judicial District - Au 1 82 37A
Saunders named to Superior Court - Au 7 82 2C
Morehead City lawyer (Lumpkin) to be judge - Au 17 82 1C
Branch to decide judge's assignment (Kivett) - Se 30 82 23A
Senate confirms conservative to be district judge in N. C. (Fox) - Oc 1 82 1D
Under the dome: Hunt to use merit process to pick judge - Oc 4 82 1
Lawyers propose poll to judge performance of state judiciary - Oc 22 82 3C
Lawyers interested in vacant judgeship - No 4 82 1C
Attorney James Fox inducted as Eastern District Court judge - No 11 82 3C
7 attorneys seek court nomination - No 17 82 1C
Attorney (Small) nominated as federal judge - No 18 82 26A

Judges

Martin fills vacant judgeship in Chatham, Orange counties (Betts) - Ja 5 86 34A
Judgeship elections may not be held as state awaits Supreme Court ruling - Ja 7 86 5C
Change in law leaves judge (Gordon) paying to work - Ja 9 86 4C
2 N.C. judges (Larkins; Dupree) refuse new cases in Social Security tax dispute - Ja 10 86 10C
Under the dome: Lawyers send anti-Currin position paper - Ja 27 86 1
State preparing documents for U.S. on judicial elections procedures - Fe 8 86 1C
Judges not delaying prison for pregnant women - Fe 23 86 31A
Justice Department objects to method of electing N.C. Superior Court judges - Ap 12 86 1
Official urges prompt legal changes so stalled judicial elections can be held - Ap 19 86 1C
Martin criticized judicial elections in letter to agency - Ap 25 86 2D
Private meeting of judges planned (on judicial election laws) - Ap 25 86 1D
State Elections Board backs judicial primary - Ap 25 86 5D
Thornburg may contest judicial election ruling - Ap 26 86 1C
Judges' campaigns focusing on meeting Tar Heel voters - Ap 30 86 22A
Editorial: Time ripe for merit selection - My 1 86 20A
Special primary for judgeships set July 29 - My 1 86 23A
Under the dome: Martin ponders chief justice decision - My 11 86 1
Justice Department OKs primaries for 11 Superior Court judgeships - My 24 86 1C
Panel backs change in judicial elections - Jn 5 86 19A
Bills filed to change judgeship elections - Jn 12 86 4C
Martin backs merit selection of judges - Jn 17 86 4C
Appeals court election system receives OK - Jn 19 86 23A
Senate tentatively OKs change in judgeship elections - Jn 21 86 4C
Court upholds ruling on judicial elections - Jn 24 86 18C
Martin urges non-partisan judge selection - Jn 24 86 8B
Senate approves bill to end numbered judicial seats - Jn 24 86 8B
Senate approves proposals on unexpired judge terms - Jn 27 86 8B
Attorney General's Office presses for disputed judicial elections - Jy 2 86 4C
House approves change in Superior Court elections - Jy 9 86 1
Senate approves judgeship bill (forcing governor to fill District Court judgeships within 60 days of nomination) - Jy 10 86 8A
Bill limiting judgeship vacancies approved by Senate - Jy 11 86 5D

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Assembly outlook '87 - Ja 18 87 1D
Editorial: Exum's call for change - Ja 21 87 18A
Selection of state judges: a clash of ideals - Ja 23 87 18A
Merit judge selection to be issue (and committees) - Fe 10 87 14A
Jordan backs panel on merit selection of judges at all levels - Fe 13 87 1D
Counting method decreases jail time; Judges differ on how many hours constitute a weekend day in
prison - Fe 16 87 1
Judge's (Davis') rules on morality cause a stir - Fe 24 87 5C
Election signals need for change in judicial selection, official says - Mr 12 87 10A
Voting Rights Act said to cover judgeship races - Mr 12 87 24C
Government to support suit on N.C. elections (judges), paper says - Mr 13 87 22D
Cobb files amendment on judicial elections - Mr 25 87 8A
N.C. judge (Sentelle) defends Masonic membership - Ap 2 87 4C
Mississippi ruling could aid N.C. suit on judgeship elections - Ap 5 87 32A
Panel begins working on judicial reallotment - Ap 10 87 17A
Editorial: Judicial fine-tuning futile - Ap 13 87 14A
Minority-judgeship bill backed - Ap 15 87 13A
House OKs judiciary changes; Bill would help elect minorities to bench - Ap 17 87 4D
Judgeship bill advances - Ap 19 87 37A
Martin does not object to decision on in-law (also election of judges) - Ap 24 87 24D
Martin opposes judge-election bill at hearing - My 6 87 8A
Judicial selection case is dismissed - My 7 87 30A
Martin raps judicial bill - My 10 87 38A
Plan to change judicial elections criticized - My 13 87 10A
Judicial elections bill clears Senate panel - My 16 87 10A
Judgeship boundary favors Wilson lawyer - My 22 87 1
Under the Dome: Currin considered for state judgeship - Jn 1 87 1
Most N.C. judges originally appointed, report shows - Jn 17 87 6C
Judges' fate lies in debated bill - Jn 26 87 4D
Legislators approve bill adding judicial districts - Jn 27 87 1
Districts designed to boost blacks' chances for judgeships - Jn 28 87 29A
Pitt lawyer (Howard) earns judgeship consideration - Jy 20 87 1C
Chief justice proposes higher pay to stem exodus from judiciary - Jy 22 87 20C
Martin takes law (on electing judges) to court - Jy 24 87 24C
Editorial: - No bargains in justice (judges salaries) - Jy 25 87 16A
Martin picks Currin for special state judgeship - Au 18 87 1
Under the Dome: Black group assails judicial selections - Au 20 87 1
Greenville man (Howard) chosen for N.C. federal judgeship - Se 10 87 WA-1
Sentell OK'd by Senate as appeals judge - Se 10 87 WA-1
Currin becomes Superior Court special judge - Se 12 87 1C
Justice Department approves plan to help elect more minority judges - Se 30 87 5C
Judges must guard against discrimination, justice says - Oc 26 87 2C
Raleigh lawyer Fellers picked for judgeship - Oc 31 87 1C
Under the Dome: GOP to fight way judges are elected - No 4 87 1
GOP challenges Superior Court judges' elections - No 5 87 3C
Her honor, the honoree (Hamilton) - No 18 87 1D
Martin picks lawyer (CRAWLEY) as special judge, but current judge (GUDGER) says he's staying - No 25 87 1
Judge (Martin) to quit appeals court, join law firm - De 3 87 1C
Republican (Smith) named to appeals court seat - De 29 87 1C

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