Appellate Court Opinions

municipal ordinance; zoning districts; land use; buffers; de novo; statutory interpretation

declaratory judgment; N.C.G.S. 100-2.1; protection of monuments, memorials, and works of art; Open Meetings Law; summary judgment; standing; mootness

Rule of Appellate Procedure 3.1, willful abandonment, N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(7)

Court's inherent authority to discipline attorneys; Notice

Guardianship;
Visitation;
Kinship placement;
Required Findings;

Marriage license and ceremony; Religious marriage ceremony; Marriage requirements; Full faith and credit clause; Rule 12(b)(6); Post separation support; Alimony; Equitable distribution; Interim distribution; Va. Code Ann. § 20-13; Presumption of marriage; Marriage by estoppel; Virginia law.

recanted testimony, testimony, verdict, confrontation clause, motion for appropriate relief, evidentiary hearing, alford plea, petition for writ of certiorari, motion to dismiss appeal.

Mistrial; Larceny; Motion To Dismiss; Intent; Lesser-Included Offense

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1211; juror residency; excused juror

contribution cap-factor, retirement allowance, administrative law judge, petition for judicial review, superior court, jurisdiction, impairment of contract, employment contract, sound basic education, retroactivity, motion to dismiss

distribution of marital debt, equitable distribution, subject matter jurisdiction, injunction

Ocean Fish King; Fish games; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-306.4; Gift Surplus LLC; Sweepstakes; Sweepstakes machine; Electronic sweepstakes; Expert affidavit; Chance; Skill; Game of chance; Game of skill; State v. Gupton; Motion to continue; Rule 5(a1); Rule 6(a); Date calculation; Date inclusion; Service; Service deadline.

lease, amendment, renewal option, estoppel, ratification

Easement; Access easement; Ingress; Egress; Regress; Right of way easement; Chain of title; Prescriptive easement; Adverse possession; Hostile; Adverse possession of easement; OCEAN; Trespass; Nuisance fence; Motion to dismiss; Summary judgment; Statute of Limitations; Mistake.

Termination of parental rights, neglect and abandonment, no-contact order

home study, visitation, guardianship

right to conflict-free counsel, ineffective assistance of counsel, renewed motion to withdraw

Prayer for judgment continued, prayer of judgment following similar crime, seven-year delay, indeterminate continuance period, factors for reasonableness