Supreme Court
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
Templeton Properties LP v Town of Boone
Review of zoning board's denial of a special use permit to open a medical clinic in a residentially zoned area
State v. Benton
Reasonable suspicion to make investigatory stop of defendant; motion to suppress evidence seized as a result
State v. Jackson
Reasonable suspicion to make investigatory stop of defendant; motion to suppress evidence seized as a result
State v. Elder
Motion to suppress evidence; whether the district court had authority to order a general search for weapons of defendant's person, home, and vehicle pursuant to an ex parte Domestic Violence Order of Protection
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
Tovar-Mauricio v T.R. Driscoll, Inc.
Workers' compensation claims for injuries sustained by employees while working out of state; benefits were paid by employer's insurer that provided coverage in that state under that state's workers' compensation laws; when employees later 'transferred' their claims to the N.C. Industrial Commission, whether employer's different insurer responsible for claims in North Carolina is liable for these plaintiffs' claims filed in this state
State v. May
Trial court's instructions to a deadlocked jury in violation of N.C.G.S. 15A-1235; whether defendant waived appellate review of his argument that the instructions violated Art. I, sec. 24 of the N.C. Constitution; plain error review
Town of Midland v Wayne
Condemnation action; whether an inverse taking occurred based on the Town's impairment of defendant's vested right to develop property under an approved subdivision plan; extent of area affected by the taking/unity of ownership of adjacent parcels
Richardson v. State
Whether the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides educational scholarships to eligible children in lower-income families to attend non-public schools, violates the North Carolina Constitution.