Whether a plaintiff may pursue a direct constitutional claim under the North Carolina Constitution against state actors for monetary damages in response to a violation of his right to a speedy trial.

summary judgment; service by publication; due diligence

ultra vires; occupancy taxes; judgment; discretion; summary judgment; general public services; statutory construction; legislative intent; plain meaning; declaratory judgment.

administrative law; standards of review; findings of fact; administrative procedures act; information technology contracts

summary judgment; certificate of need; N.C.G.S. § 131E-185(a1)(2); public hearing requirement; COVID-19 pandemic; public policy concerns; N.C.G.S. § 150B-23(a); contested case hearing; agency error; substantial prejudice; discrete requirements; no automatic prejudice

child support, statutory interpretation, collateral estoppel, primary liability, secondary liability, in loco parentis

child support, alimony, recusal, Rule 63

property tax exemption; 'provide housing'; statutory interpretation

Termination of Parental Rights;
N.C. Gen. Stat § 7B-1111(a)(2);
Substance Abuse;
Transcription Error;
Failure to Support;

Confederate monument, open courts clause, equal protection clause, NC Constitution

N.C.G.S. 1-521; taxpayer standing; N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(1); N.C. R Civ P 12(b)(6); quo warranto; collateral attack; res judicata; collateral estoppel.

Possession of Methamphetamine;
Prior Record Level;
Obtaining Habitual Felon Status;
Plea Agreement;
State conceded sentencing error;

Motion to suppress; plain feel doctrine; pill bottles; probable cause; totality of the circumstances; inevitable discovery; material conflict in the evidence; inferred findings of fact.

felony murder; motion to dismiss; plain error; jury instructions; defense of necessity

statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, sexual act by a substitute parent or custodian, indecent liberties with a child, plain error, testimony, pre-arrest silence, cross-examination

Sexual exploitation of a minor; sufficiency of circumstantial evidence; sexual activity; lascivious depiction of pubic area; photographs not admitted at trial

defense of necessity; jury instruction; affirmative defense

Custody order;
Taking Judicial Notice;
Adjudicative Facts;
Imputed Income;
Delayed Entry of Order;

N.C.R. Civ. P. 6(b), N.C.R. Civ. P. 41(a), statute of limitations, appellate rules violations, certiorari