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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4 (2026)

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The General Court of Justice constitutes a unified judicial system for purposes of jurisdiction, operation and administration, and consists of an appellate division, a superior court division, and a district court division. (1965, c. 310, s. 1.)

 

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Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1970–2023 · leading case: Smith v. Beaufort Cnty. Hosp. Ass'n, Inc., 540 S.E.2d 775 (N.C. Ct. App. 2000).
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Smith v. Beaufort Cnty. Hosp. Ass'n, Inc., 540 S.E.2d 775 (N.C. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 4× “" N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7A-4 (1999). In enacting § 84-4.”
United States v. Keith Ramon Allen, Jr., 446 F.3d 522 (4th Cir. 2006). “” N.C. Gen.Stat. § 7A-4 (2005). 8 . The conviction and sentencing records for Allen’s 1995 Convictions in the Superior Court of Surry County were of record in the sentencing court.”
DTH Publ'g Corp. v. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 496 S.E.2d 8 (N.C. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “IV, § 2 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-4 (establishing the Appellate, Superior Court, and District Court Divisions of the General Court of Justice); N.”
Peoples v. Peoples, 174 S.E.2d 2 (N.C. Ct. App. 1970). “” G.S. 7A-4. In civil matters, original general jurisdiction is vested, with some exceptions, “in the aggregate” in the General Court of Justice.”
The NC State Bar v. Foster, 808 S.E.2d 920 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “The North Carolina Constitution describes our General Courts of Justice to include appellate, superior, and district courts.”
Wynn v. Frederick (N.C. 2023). · cites it 2× “G.S. § 7A-4). As a necessary corollary of this transition “to a uniform system completely operational in all counties of the State,” id.”
Alden v. Jones (W.D.N.C. 2020). “None of the exceptions to the Eleventh Amendment immunity defense are applicable here.”
LaBreche v. Chambers (W.D.N.C. 2022). “§ 7A-4, -40, -41, -60, 130 (2021). Accordingly, the Eleventh Amendment bars Claim Eight and the official capacity claim in Claim Nine because they seek monetary damages 7 against state officers and there is no abrogation of Eleventh Amendment immunity or consent to the suit.”
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