How do judges of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina / Joined 1973 / Served to 1974

James H. Carson Jr.

Judge, Court of Appeals of North Carolina

James H. Carson Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina, who joined the court in 1973. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1935 · age 91
Tenure: 1973–1974 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Court of Appeals of North Carolina	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Carson authored 45 published opinions for the court (1974), plus 4 dissents. Most cited: Burbage v. Atlantic Mobilehome Suppliers Corp. (10 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 34 of these were attributed to Carson by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1974	Burbage v. Atlantic Mobilehome Suppliers Corp.	205 S.E.2d 622	10
1974	Duke Power Co. v. Salisbury Zoning Board of Adjustment	202 S.E.2d 607	10
1974	Zimmerman v. Hogg & Allen	207 S.E.2d 267	7
1974	State v. Fowler	205 S.E.2d 749	7
1974	Jones v. Murdock	203 S.E.2d 102	7
1974	Mattox v. State	205 S.E.2d 364	6
1974	State v. McAuliffe	207 S.E.2d 1	4
1974	State v. Marze	207 S.E.2d 359	4
1974	Howell v. Howell†	22 N.C. App. 634	4
1974	Ballance v. Wentz· Dissent†	206 S.E.2d 734	4
1974	State v. Burnette	205 S.E.2d 357	4
1974	State v. Brannon	204 S.E.2d 895	4
1974	Peace v. Peace Broadcasting Corp.†	22 N.C. App. 631	3
1974	Taylor v. City of Raleigh†	22 N.C. App. 259	3
1974	Britt v. Allen†	21 N.C. App. 497	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 49 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was James H. Carson Jr. on?: James H. Carson Jr. was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Sources

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1 year on the Court of Appeals of North Carolina. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).