Whether rules of civil procedure apply to court proceedings to enforce a summons issued by N.C. Revenue Dep't

Whether covenants imposing service charges on property owners are 'reasonable' and 'sufficiently definite'

Whether tobacco companies must continue payments to non-quota farmers under a private Trust Agreement predating the enactmen of federal buy-out legislation implementing company-funded payments to tobacco quota holders and producers of quota tobacco

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Appeal from JNOV in defendant's favor as to plaintiff's punitive damages claim

Juvenile; adjudication of delinquency; denial of motion to suppress incriminating statements made when student was questioned by police and a school principal

At-will employee who received a no-retaliation letter after he was hired; whether sufficient consideration supported the letter and established the contractual relationship exception to employee's at-will status

Whether a prenuptial agreement executed in California continued to be governed by California law after the parties moved to North Carolina

Reasonable suspicion to frisk defendant for weapons; motion to suppress contraband seized during the frisk

Whether Utils. Comm'n has jurisdiction to determine siting of an electrical transmission line carrying less than 161 kV; N.C.G.S. Secs. 62-42 & -106