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16,216 Appellate Court Opinions
Supreme Court Opinions Filed April 2, 2026
Hoke Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. State
Whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to enter its order dated 17 April 2023.
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed April 1, 2026
Bonomo v. Shabat
UCCJEA, subject matter jurisdiction, foreign state, interlocutory order, substantial right
Chan v. Severn
child support, alimony, findings not supported by competent evidence, conclusions and decretal paragraphs erroneous; vacated and remanded
Dunckel v. City of Winston-Salem
Fruits of Their Labor, Residential Zoning, Standing
Hylemon v. Grossoehme
child custody, temporary versus permanent custody order, error in applying best interests standard to a permanent custody order, error in modifying permanent order without finding a substantial change of circumstances
In re: A.C.
Chapter 50, termination of jurisdiction, custody, visitation, improper delegation, clear and convincing evidence, permanency planning
In re: A.T.T., A.T.W., A.T.T., A.T.W., A.T.T.
termination of parental rights; neglect; N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(1); incarceration; likelihood of future neglect.
State v. Cole
first-degree murder; attempted murder; discharging a firearm within an occupied enclosure with the intent to incite fear; self-defense; felony-disqualifier limiting instruction under N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-51.4(1); defense of accident; unpreserved constitutional argument; Rule 2
State v. Whitt
probation revocation; absconding from supervision; abuse of discretion
State v. Williams
Motion for Mistrial; Sustained Objection; Substantial and Irreparable Prejudice
Supreme Court Opinions Filed March 20, 2026
Armistead v. County of Carteret
Whether the proposed class members in a class action against a county are ascertainable and whether the proposed class satisfies the predominance and superiority criteria.
Byrd v. Avco Corp.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by dismissing defendants' appeal from the trial court's interlocutory order denying defendants' motion to reconsider.
In re N.M.W. and A.N.D.
Whether a trial court's permanency planning order included sufficient findings of fact to satisfy statutory criteria.
Jay v. Jay
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order issuing a domestic violence protective order.
Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, LLP v. Muntjan
Whether defendant's emails satisfy the statute of frauds as a note or memorandum of defendant's oral guaranty.
State v. Perry
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
State v. Thomas
Whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the general prohibition on harsher resentencing in N.C.G.S. 15A-1335 did not apply to a case where the initial sentence had violated the mandatory sentencing framework.