North Carolina Supreme Court Allows Bars to Sue State Over COVID-19 Restrictions

Then-Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order shutting down bars but later allowed some bars to remain open.

Then North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks during the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled 5-2 in a pair of decisions that bar owners may pursue their lawsuits against the state over COVID-19-related shutdowns in 2020.

The similar rulings in the cases of Howell v. Cooper and North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association v. Stein were issued on Aug. 22.