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2,727 Appellate Court Opinions
Jackson v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Whether N.C.G.S. 25A-37, the anti-referral sales statute, only protects a purchaser who shows 'inducement' and whether the trial court erred in certifying a class.
Moseley v. Hendricks
Whether plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law when his risk of being struck by a golf ball at a driving range was open and obvious.
N.C. Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating an order of summary judgment and whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the state statutory claims.
N.C. Dep't of Revenue v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Whether the Office of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction to decide as-applied constitutional challenges to North Carolina's tax statutes.
Savage v. N.C. Dep't of Transp.
Whether courts interpreting state statutes must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for implementing those statutes.
Schroeder v. Oak Grove Farm Homeowners Ass'n
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.
State v. Wright
Whether defendant voluntarily consented to law enforcement officers' search of his backpack.
Town of Apex v. Rubin
Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.
Town of Apex v. Rubin
Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed May 23, 2025
Hanson v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant must pay an employer-funded 5% contribution under N.C.G.S. 143-166.50(e).
Hwang v. Cairns
Whether public official immunity applies to a medical director at a state university and whether summary judgment was proper.
In re Kimble
Review of recommendation for censure.
In re L.C.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating the trial court's adjudication order and remanding for additional factual findings about how respondent-mother's actions impaired or substantially risked impairing the welfare of her juvenile daughter.
Jones v. J. Kim Hatcher Ins. Agencies, Inc.
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.
State v. Bowman
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by determining the trial court committed plain error by instructing the jury once on first-degree forcible sexual offense where the defendant was indicted for two counts of first-degree forcible sexual offense.
State v. Chambers
Whether substitution of an alternate juror during guilt deliberations in a criminal trial violates a defendant's constitutional right to a jury of twelve.
State v. Hunt
Whether defendant satisfied the prejudice prong for plain error where a law enforcement officer testifying as a lay witness gave his opinion regarding defendant's intent at the time of an accident.
State v. Melton
Whether the Court of Appeals' majority erred in holding that the trial court did not commit structural error in denying defendant's court-appointed counsel's motion to withdraw for defendant to hire counsel of his own choosing.
White v. N.C. Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the superior court's order in which it determined that petitioners are entitled to receive adoption assistance benefits several years after the adoption was finalized.