Business investments are not 'in or affecting commerce' under the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Whether the trial court committed plain error in permitting expert testimony that the victim was 'sexually abused' in the absence of physical evidence or in permitting testimony identifying the defendant as the perpetrator. Whether defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel on the face of the record.

Whether the trial court committed clear error in overruling defendant's Batson challenge.

Whether the probation violation reports entered in defendant's case sufficiently pleaded that defendant had absconded supervision; whether the trial court abused its discretion in revoking defendant's probation pursuant to a finding that defendant in fact absconded supervision.

Whether the trial court erred by instructing the jury that defendant would not be entitled to self-defense if the jury found that he was a felon in possession of a firearm at the time of the killing.

Whether the trial court's admission of testimony that we assume arguendo violated defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause and Rule 404(b) was prejudicial.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing defendant's convictions for insufficient evidence.

district court judicial elections; three-judge panel; attorneys fees; mootness

Declaratory judgement; violation of HOA bylaws

Breach of contract; denial of motion to set aside entry of default; grant of Rule 60 motion to set aside summary judgment; good cause

Motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6); statute of limitations; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-15; legal malpractice claim; cause of action accrual; no bar to recovery on face of complaint

interlocutory order; risk of inconsistent verdicts; Rule 11 sanctions; Rule 12(b)(6)

Motion to dismiss; statute of limitations; Rule 41

Child custody; grandparent standing to intervene; actions inconsistent with constitutionally protected parental status; sufficiency of findings of fact

Summary judgment; genuine issues of material fact; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-440.28; garnishment action; assertion of right to setoff; assertion of perfected security interest; no waiver of right to setoff

Juvenile; assault inflicting serious bodily injury; writ of certiorari; Fifth Amendment; self-incrimination; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2405; restitution; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2501; and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2506.

Deed of Trust, Equitable Defense, Legal Defense, Rule 9, Necessary Documents, Amend the Record.

removal, clerk, misconduct, affidavit, official, rule of necessity, recusal, corruption, malpractice, disqualification, willful misconduct, sanction, due process, jurisdiction

Workers' Compensation Act; no compensable injury by accident; preservation of issue; sufficient findings of fact and conclusions of law

products liability; lack of specific jurisdiction; NCGS 1-75.4; causal connection; related to; minimum contacts; stream of commerce