Appellate Court Opinions

Whether plaintiffs knew or reasonably should have known of their injuries and defendant's alleged fraud such that the statute of limitations was not tolled and plaintiffs' claims are time barred.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing an entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant on plaintiff's claims of common law negligence, negligence per se, violation of the North Carolina Residential Rental Agreements Act, and breach of the implied warranty of habitability.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's compulsory counterclaim for injuries sustained in an automobile accident was barred by the statute of limitations established in N.C.G.S. 1-52(16).

Whether a plaintiff may pursue a direct constitutional claim under the North Carolina Constitution against state actors for monetary damages in response to a violation of his right to a speedy trial.

summary judgment; service by publication; due diligence

ultra vires; occupancy taxes; judgment; discretion; summary judgment; general public services; statutory construction; legislative intent; plain meaning; declaratory judgment.

administrative law; standards of review; findings of fact; administrative procedures act; information technology contracts

summary judgment; certificate of need; N.C.G.S. § 131E-185(a1)(2); public hearing requirement; COVID-19 pandemic; public policy concerns; N.C.G.S. § 150B-23(a); contested case hearing; agency error; substantial prejudice; discrete requirements; no automatic prejudice

child support, statutory interpretation, collateral estoppel, primary liability, secondary liability, in loco parentis

child support, alimony, recusal, Rule 63

property tax exemption; 'provide housing'; statutory interpretation

Termination of Parental Rights;
N.C. Gen. Stat § 7B-1111(a)(2);
Substance Abuse;
Transcription Error;
Failure to Support;

Confederate monument, open courts clause, equal protection clause, NC Constitution

N.C.G.S. 1-521; taxpayer standing; N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(1); N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(6); quo warranto; collateral attack; res judicata; collateral estoppel.

Possession of Methamphetamine;
Prior Record Level;
Obtaining Habitual Felon Status;
Plea Agreement;
State conceded sentencing error;

Motion to suppress; plain feel doctrine; pill bottles; probable cause; totality of the circumstances; inevitable discovery; material conflict in the evidence; inferred findings of fact.

felony murder; motion to dismiss; plain error; jury instructions; defense of necessity

statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, sexual act by a substitute parent or custodian, indecent liberties with a child, plain error, testimony, pre-arrest silence, cross-examination

Sexual exploitation of a minor; sufficiency of circumstantial evidence; sexual activity; lascivious depiction of pubic area; photographs not admitted at trial