La Corte Suprema de Carolina del Norte permite demandar a Ace Speedway contra el cierre de COVID-19 del estado. North Carolina Supreme Court allows Ace Speedway lawsuit against state's COVID-19 closure.

La Corte Suprema de Carolina del Norte ha dictaminado que Ace Speedway, un hipódromo, puede proceder con una demanda contra el estado por su cierre del COVID-19. The North Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that Ace Speedway, a racetrack, can proceed with a lawsuit against the state over its COVID-19 closure. La corte acordó unánimemente que el abogado del speedway hizo alegaciones legales plausibles de que el estado violó sus derechos constitucionales y llevó a cabo "ejecución selectiva ilegal" de su orden. The court unanimously agreed that the speedway's attorney made plausible legal claims that the state violated their constitutional rights and conducted "unlawful selective enforcement" of its order. El caso volverá ahora a la corte de primera instancia para ser oído, y se considera una derrota legal para el gobernador demócrata Roy Cooper. The case will now return to trial court to be heard, and is considered a legal defeat for Democratic Governor Roy Cooper.