Appellate Court Opinions

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by overturning the trial court's decision to remove reunification from the juveniles' permanent plan.

Whether the State's petition alleging juvenile delinquency for the criminal offense of sexual battery contained facts sufficient to invoke the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court.

Whether this appeal concerning personal jurisdiction should be remanded for reconsideration in light of intervening precedent from the Supreme Court of the United States.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-27(a)(2) from an order and opinion denying motions under Rule 59 for a new trial and Rule 50(b) for judgment notwithstanding the verdict following a jury trial.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing and remanding the opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission approving plaintiff's workers' compensation claim.

Whether there was competent evidence upon which the trial court could conclude that defendant had committed additional criminal offenses in violation of the terms and conditions of his probation.

Whether fentanyl qualifies as an opiate under the statute in effect at the time of the offense is a legal question of statutory interpretation.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating defendant's conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon because the indictment was fatally defective.

Law of the Case, Multiple Appeals, Money Judgment

Termination of parental rights, Rule 60(a), clerical amendment, substantive amendment, clear, cogent, and convincing evidence, adjudicatory stage, standard of proof, amended order, original order.

Constitutional Parental rights;
Care, custody, companionship,and control;
Adjudication and disposition;
Ceasing DSS reunification efforts;
Ceasing visitation;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-906.1;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-905.1;
Required findings of fact;

ceasing reunification efforts; eliminating reunification as a permanent plan; guardianship; unexplained skull fracture; best interests determination

Contract; Interlocutory appeal; Interlocutory order; Wage and Hour Act; Unjust enrichment; Jurisdiction; Substantial right; Inconsistent verdicts; Two trials; Alternative pleading; Corporation; Individual; Employee; Person; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-25.

consent order; specific performance; contract interpretation; time is of the essence; Rule 60 Motion; Rule 11 Sanctions; real property.

failure to cause a summons to be timely issued

Collateral estoppel; Whistleblower Action

First-degree murder;
Reopen jury voir dire;
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1214(g);
Waiver;
No Error;

Habitual felon; Predicate offense; South Carolina; Jury instruction; N.C.P.I.-Crim. 203.10; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.1; S.C. Code Ann. § 16-13-30; Grand larceny; Indictment; N.C. R. App. P. 10; N.C. R. App. P. 2; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-7.3; Statutory amendment.

first-degree murder; lesser-included instruction; special instruction for minors