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, Court of Appeals , COA14-1008 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
The NC State Bar v Scott

Attorney discipline; censure; supervision of non-attorneys; real estate closings; Rule of Professional Conduct 1.3, Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15-2(m); Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4(a)

, Court of Appeals , COA14-982 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Published
Warren v Warren

Equitable distribution; marital debt; student loan debt

, Supreme Court , 373A14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Cape Fear River Watch v N.C. Envtl. Mgmt. Comm'n

Whether appeal from an administrative agency's order on petition for judicial review of EMC's declaratory ruling interpreting application of groundwater protection rules to power plant coal ash ponds that received initial permits to operate before 1984 should be dismissed for mootness.

, Supreme Court , 280A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re J.C.

Disposition order setting conditions for mother's visitation with minor children under N.C.G.S. 7B-905.1; whether the trial court erred in imposing costs of supervised visitation on the mother without first determining the mother's ability to pay those costs

, Supreme Court , 457A14 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re T.L.H.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to hold a hearing to inquire whether a GAL should be appointed to represent the mother pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1101.1(c)

, Supreme Court , 21A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
Morgan v Morgan Motor Company of Albemarle

Workers' Compensation; whether injury sustained by an employee while working at another business arose out of and occurred in the course of his employment with defendant

, Supreme Court , 363A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
Sandhill Amusements, Inc. v Sheriff of Onslow County

Application of N.C.G.S. 14-306.4, prohibiting operation of electronic machines that conduct or promote a sweepstakes through use of an entertaining display, to plaintiffs' marketing system; whether the challenged system is exempt because it involves a game of skill, rather than a game of chance; whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of gambling laws against them; whether appellate court has jurisdiction to hear sheriff's interlocutory appeal from the preliminary injunction because the appeal affects a substantial right

, Supreme Court , 315A14 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v Berry

Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by giving a jury instruction that constituted an opinion on a question of fact in violation of N.C.G.S. 15A-1222 and 15A-1232

, Supreme Court , 252PA14 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v Campbell

Whether an indictment charging defendant with larceny was fatally defective because it did not allege that the church co-owner of the property has the legal ability to own property; whether the State presented sufficient evidence of defendant's intent to commit felony larceny by showing that he made an unlawful entry and property was later found missing from the premises