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Campaign email: [email protected]
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Anita Earls
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North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 1
2026 North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice — Seat 1 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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- 2026 North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice — Seat 1 — General Election on November 3, 2026
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Election date: 11/03/2026
Contest: NC SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SEAT 01
Candidate: Anita Earls
Party: DEM
Candidacy date: 12/01/2025
Campaign email: [email protected]
Campaign phone: 9196068473
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Election date: 11/03/2026
Contest: NC SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SEAT 01
Candidate: Anita Earls
Party: DEM
Candidacy date: 12/01/2025
Campaign email: [email protected]
Campaign phone: 9196068473
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MEET JUSTICE ANITA EARLS
Source-published biographyHer values of justice, equality, and fairness for all were born of the struggle she experienced growing up in a mixed-race family at a time when interracial marriages were illegal in most of the country.
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Her values of justice, equality, and fairness for all were born of the struggle she experienced growing up in a mixed-race family at a time when interracial marriages were illegal in most of the country.
MEET JUSTICE ANITA EARLS
Source-published biographyPresident Clinton appointed her to be a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Returning to North Carolina, she worked alongside Julius Chambers at the UNC Center for Civil Rights and, in 2007, founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that partners with historically marginalized communities across the South. After serving as the organization’s executive director for 10 years, Justice Anita Earls was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2018.
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President Clinton appointed her to be a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Returning to North Carolina, she worked alongside Julius Chambers at the UNC Center for Civil Rights and, in 2007, founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that partners with historically marginalized communities across the South. After serving as the organization’s executive director for 10 years, Justice Anita Earls was elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2018.
“I spent my career as an attorney fighting to protect and defend the freedoms of everyday North Carolinians. Now, as your Justice, I’ve continued to uphold the rights enshrined in our State Constitution — like access to healthcare, a sound basic public education, and the right to vote.”
Source-published biography“I spent my career as an attorney fighting to protect and defend the freedoms of everyday North Carolinians. Now, as your Justice, I’ve continued to uphold the rights enshrined in our State Constitution — like access to healthcare, a sound basic public education, and the right to vote.”
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“I spent my career as an attorney fighting to protect and defend the freedoms of everyday North Carolinians. Now, as your Justice, I’ve continued to uphold the rights enshrined in our State Constitution — like access to healthcare, a sound basic public education, and the right to vote.”
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Coverage: May 10, 2019 through May 22, 2026- Vote events
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Costanzo v. Currituck County
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether currituck county could spend its occupancy tax revenues on public safety services..
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Filed: 2026-05-22
Costanzo v. Currituck County (101PA24 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether Currituck County could spend its occupancy tax revenues on public safety services.
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State v. Hicks
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether the trial court's admission of cell-phone text messages constituted plain error..
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Filed: 2026-05-22
State v. Hicks (136PA22-2 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether the trial court's admission of cell-phone text messages constituted plain error.
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State v. Dobson
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether police had probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle..
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Filed: 2026-05-22
State v. Dobson (190PA24 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether police had probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle.
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Wardson Constr., Inc. v. City of Raleigh
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether the trial court abused its discretion by certifying a class of home builders seeking a refund of certain capital facilities fees..
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Filed: 2026-03-20
Wardson Constr., Inc. v. City of Raleigh (115A25 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether the trial court abused its discretion by certifying a class of home builders seeking a refund of certain Capital Facilities Fees.
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Mata v. N.C. Dep't of Transp.
What this issue meant
Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether map act recordings effectuate indefinite takings of restricted property rights when the map act itself was later repealed, and the proper measure of compensation for this indefinite taking..
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Filed: 2025-12-12
Mata v. N.C. Dep't of Transp. (217PA24 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether Map Act recordings effectuate indefinite takings of restricted property rights when the Map Act itself was later repealed, and the proper measure of compensation for this indefinite taking.
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Mauck v. Cherry Oil Co.
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether the business court erred in dismissing a claim for judicial dissolution under n.c.g.s. 55-14-30(2)(ii) for lack of standing when the plaintiff-shareholder held the contractual right to exercise a put option and sell their shares back to the company at fair market value..
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Filed: 2025-10-17
Mauck v. Cherry Oil Co. (318A24 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether the Business Court erred in dismissing a claim for judicial dissolution under N.C.G.S. 55-14-30(2)(ii) for lack of standing when the plaintiff-shareholder held the contractual right to exercise a put option and sell their shares back to the company at fair market value.
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Schroeder v. Oak Grove Farm Homeowners Ass'n
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Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether the court of appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, where the jury determined that homeowners' chickens were not household pets and therefore were prohibited by a restrictive covenant barring poultry..
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Filed: 2025-08-22
Schroeder v. Oak Grove Farm Homeowners Ass'n (123PA24 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, where the jury determined that homeowners' chickens were not household pets and therefore were prohibited by a restrictive covenant barring poultry.
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Jones v. J. Kim Hatcher Ins. Agencies, Inc.
What this issue meant
Anita Earls is recorded as authoring the opinion shown in the official record for whether the court of appeals erred in reversing dismissal of a claim for negligence at the 12(b)(6) stage based on contributory negligence and in affirming dismissal of a claim for punitive damages..
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Filed: 2025-05-23
Jones v. J. Kim Hatcher Ins. Agencies, Inc. (264A23 - Published)
Author: Justice Anita Earls
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing dismissal of a claim for negligence at the 12(b)(6) stage based on contributory negligence and in affirming dismissal of a claim for punitive damages.
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