Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Blackburn
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1984No. Nos. 83-1040(L), 83-1041PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
Since August, 1978, Georgia Lewis has served as a magistrate in the state courts of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Under Article IV, § 10 of the North Carolina Constitution, magistrates are appointed every two years by the senior resident superior court judge of the county from a list of nominations submitted by the clerk of superior court; once appointed, magistrates serve as officers of the county district court and report to the chief district judge. N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 7A-170-171.
In the summer of 1982, following a dispute over job assignments with Max…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
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