real estate commission, duty of good faith and fair dealing, parol evidence rule

Woodson Claim; Pleasant Claim; Summary Judgment

Land use; procedural due process; quasi-judicial and ministerial/administrative land use decisions; exercise of discretion in application of generally stated standards is quasi-judicial in nature; application of specific, neutral, and objective criteria as set out in applicable regulations is ministerial/administrative in nature

Indemnification; negligence as bar; unambiguous contract; license; summary judgment de novo review.

parents constitutionally protected status, custody dispute between parent and non-parent, substantial change of circumstances, juvenile proceeding

Termination of Parental Rights; Permanency Planning.

attorney discipline, Rule 11 sanctions, guardianship, incompetency, guardian ad litem appointment

Rule 60(b), domestic violence protective order

Workers' Compensation

NCGS 20-38.7(a); NCGS 15A-1432; Record on Appeal; Jurisdiction; State's appeal of Suppression to Superior Court.

Vehicle stop; Registration Inspection; Conclusions of law

Confrontation Clause; Sixth Amendment

12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss; First Amendment Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses

Traffic stop; unlawfully prolonged the stop without reasonable suspicion

self-defense, aggressor, and deadly force.

Beach of lease

Rule 50; substantive due process; Rule 59/60

Appeal from three-judge panel decision declaring facially unconstitutional a law permitting the voters to decide on retention of an incumbent Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.