Constitutionality of repeal in 2013 of public school teachers' Career Status Law; challenges based on Contract Clause of the Federal Constitution and Law of the Land Clause of the N.C. Constitution.

Whether, at defendant's trial for sexual abuse of a child, the trial court erred in admitting expert opinion testimony supporting the allegations of abuse.

Whether a plaintiff who waited seven years after filing her initial complaint for child custody and support to prosecute her claim for child support waived her right to past child support during that seven-year interim.

Conviction of defendant for felony larceny based solely on lay testimony describing contents of store surveillance video; whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding inadmissible (1) the video based on lack of a proper foundation, and (2) a store employee's estimate of the value of the goods stolen.

Appeal from three-judge panel decision declaring facially unconstitutional a law permitting the voters to decide on retention of an incumbent Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.

When defendant was questioned by police while he was involuntarily committed, whether he was in custody and required to receive Miranda warnings; whether defendant's statements were made voluntarily.

Whether a local school board is required to share certain program funds received from the federal government with public charter schools that enroll students who live in that same school administrative unit.

Whether, at a hearing on plaintiff's complaint and motion for issuance of a domestic violence protective order, the trial court violated defendant's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (a)(2).

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. 14-458.1(a)(1)(d), prohibiting cyber-bullying.