Whether the Department of Public Safety had just cause to terminate a corrections officer from employment for allegedly unacceptable conduct; application of Chapters 126 and 150B to the employee's appeal from an administrative law judge's final decision reversing the termination and imposing a lesser sanction.

Whether N.C.G.S. 7B-901(c) allows a trial court to make an initial finding of aggravated circumstances in the same disposition order that directs cessation of reunification efforts, or whether such a finding must be made in a separate, previous order.

Appeal from conviction for indecent liberties with a child; whether testimony by defendant's wife should have been excluded under the marital communications privilege and Rule of Evidence 404(b); application of N.C.G.S. 8-57, 8-57.1, and 7B-310.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the trial court properly determined that defendant was not seized and that his Fourth Amendment rights thus were not implicated.

Negligence suit by spectator hit by a baseball while at defendant's ball field; whether defendant met its duty of care to plaintiff under 'The Baseball Rule'; whether trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant in lieu of letting the matter go before a jury.

NCGS 160A-393 judicial review; motion to dismiss; failure to name a necessary party; proper respondent; special use permit

Solar farm; use permit; prima facie showing; harmonious use; rebuttal evidence.

subject matter jurisdiction; clerical error

Unincorporated Separated Agreement; Child Support; Alimony; Changed Circumstances; Employment; Motion to Reopen the Evidence; Specific Performance; Contract

special use permit; prima facie showing; standing; de novo and whole record review; sufficiency of the evidence.

Planned Community Act (PCA) NCGS 47F-1-101 et seq.; posting a bond; restrictive covenants; power to fine under the PCA; mootness; summary judgment; Homeowners' Associations.

Illegal Contracts; Permanent Injunction; Summary Judgment; Easements

Voluntary dismissal; bad faith; interlocutory appeal; covenant not to compete

Summary Judgment - Contributory Negligence and Last Clear Chance

Standing for an adjacent landowner's challenge to a rezoning ordinance

Rule 702; Admissibility of HGN test results; Daubert Standard

4th Amendment; warrantless search of defendant's person; search incident to arrest; motion to suppress; plain error review; new argument on appeal not considered by trial court.

Hit and Run Resulting in Death; Hit and Run Resulting in Injury; Lesser Included Offense

Sixth Amendment right of counsel, clear and unequivocal waiver required, knowing and voluntary waiver of right to counsel, misconduct