Judge Payne
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U.S. district judge to rule on whether NAACP lawsuit against Hanover School Board will proceed
U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne is maintaining the suspense about the future of a federal lawsuit launched by the Hanover County Branch NAACP seeking to change the names of two schools named for Confederate leaders who fought to maintain slavery.