Monday’s arguments will center on whether the case should be decided by state or federal courts — a decision which could be crucial in whether the results of the race are ultimately overturned.

In a pivotal hearing in the North Carolina Supreme Court elections case, the lawyer representing the state Board of Elections faced a barrage of questions from a federal court of appeals judge about the appropriateness of calling back to federal court a case that the state Supreme Court had acted on.

A federal appeals panel exchanged arguments Monday with lawyers over a still-unresolved November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat, immersed in jurisdictional questions over which courts should determine whether roughly 66,

A federal appeals panel argued with lawyers over the still-unresolved election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat.

Arguments are scheduled in the North Carolina Supreme Court in two weeks and the election for Seat 6 on its bench remains undecided. A litigation addendum to the Nov. 5 election has stopped the State Board of Elections from issuing a certificate,

Allison Riggs appears to have narrowly won her reelection race. But two of the justices who may decide the case have spouses who donated to her challenger.