Whether an attorney removed from representing a client by the Clerk of Court for a conflict of interest can recover the value of her services in an action based on quantum meruit

Appeal from Commission order granting rate increase to electric power company; whether the order was supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence

Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of first-degree sexual offense should receive a new trial because the trial court did not also instruct the jury on attempted first-degree sexual offense

Motion to suppress evidence related to defendant's arrest for driving while impaired; whether the traffic stop violated defendant's constitutional rights

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-10.2(j); Choice of Law

The Lobbying Laws; Violations based on common law; Lobbyist principal.

Declaratory Ruling; Mootness.

The Lobbying Laws; Authority of Administrative Agency; Definition of a Lobbyist.

Interlocutory appeal; attorney fees; child custody