Court of Appeals
Dismas Charities, Inc. v. The City of Fayetteville
special use permit, zoning, halfway house, city council, denial, Standard 7, allows for the protection of property values, competent, material, substantial
Blackwell v. NC Dep't of Pub. Instruction
worker's compensation, lump-sum award, weekly benefits, injury, uncommuted value, mortality table, unusual case
Court of Appeals Unpublished Opinions Filed March 1, 2022
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed March 1, 2022
Vanguard Sports Grp., LLC v. Smith
Summary judgment; limited liability company; amendment to operating agreement; ownership interests.
Utley v. Swann's Mill Homeowners Ass'n
foreclosure sale; third-party bidder from whom plaintiff did not seek to recover damages had standing to move to dismiss plaintiff's complaint; record demonstrated that trial court did not consider outside the pleadings in granting motion to dismiss, thus not converting ruling to summary judgment; plaintiff failed to timely file an upset bid under provisions of emergency COVID-19 orders extending filing times and deadlines
Dow-Rein v. Sarle
Personal jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment; mandate rule
State v. Thomas
capacity to proceed; competency hearing; ineffective waiver of counsel; structural error
State v. Washington
Sixth Amendment right to counsel; forfeiture of right to counsel; waiver of assigned counsel; pro se defendant; egregious and dilatory conduct; new trial.
State v. English
trial court did not err in concluding defendant failed to make prima facie Batson challenge; no abuse of discretion by refusal to strike prospective jurors and give curative instruction; no error in overruling relevancy objection to expert's testimony or excluding portion of expert's report