Expert witness; unfair and deceptive trade practices; remittitur; attorneys' fees; judgement notwithstanding the verdict

Second=-degree murder; depraved-heart malice; sentencing

Appeal as of Right Under N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1444; Withdrawal of Plea; Inconsistent Sentence Under N.C. Gen. Stat.15A-1024; Manifest Injustice; Abuse of Discretion in Imposing Fine; Excessive Fines Clause

Rule 9(j) certification

Rule 12(b)(6); defamation; absolute privilege

Inverse condemnation; eminent domain; claims directly under constitution

Whether a statute involuntarily transferring the assets and debts of the City's water system to a metropolitan sewer authority violated Article II, Section 24 of the North Carolina Constitution.

Action by tobacco growers alleging breach of contract and other claims; whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion for class certification.

Interlocutory appeal from decision from N.C. Business Court overruling defendant's opposition to designation of this action as a mandatory complex business case.

Whether Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(1) applies to non-judicial foreclosure actions under power of sale; whether a lender who files two voluntary dismissals of foreclosure actions based on the same promissory note and deed of trust is barred from filing a third power-of-sale foreclosure action.

Under non-judicial foreclosure by power of sale under deed of trust, whether the successor trustee established its right to foreclose.

Review of recommendation for public reprimand.

Whether Midrex Technologies is entitled to an income and franchise tax refund as an excluded corporation as defined in N.C.G.S. 105-130.4(a)(4).

Whether the N.C. State Bar has jurisdiction to discipline a sitting judge who has already been disciplined by the Judicial Standards Commission for the same conduct while in public office.

Workers' Compensation; whether the Industrial Commission exceeded its statutory authority by adopting and utilizing Form 63, allowing employers investigating a claim to pay medical benefits only without prejudice to end further benefits if the claim is later denied.

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the magistrate had a substantial basis to find that probable cause existed to issue a warrant to search defendant's home.

Whether, in issuing a permanent no contact order under N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.50, the trial court exceeded its statutory authority by prohibiting contact with the victim's children.

Whether defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated; whether excerpts from a jailhouse audiotape and transcript of a conversation between defendant and another inmate were admissible under Rule of Evidence 404(b).