Supreme Court
PF Dev. Grp., LLC v. Cnty. of Harnett
Whether 'capacity use' fees charged to residential property developers for the purpose of expanding and improving the county's water and sewage system as a precondition for the county's concurrence in a developer's application to the Department of Environmental Quality for a required water and sewer permit constitute monetary exactions subject to review under the 'unconstitutional conditions' doctrine.
Anderson Creek Partners, L.P. v. Cnty. of Harnett
Whether 'capacity use' fees charged to residential property developers for the purpose of expanding and improving the county's water and sewage system as a precondition for the county's concurrence in a developer's application to the Department of Environmental Quality for a required water and sewer permit constitute monetary exactions subject to review under the 'unconstitutional conditions' doctrine.
Providence Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Town of Weddington
Whether the doctrine of governmental immunity shields a municipality from claims alleging that it fraudulently entered into contracts for fire protection services and for the acquisition of land used to provide such services; whether the doctrine of legislative immunity shields a mayor from a claim alleging that he fraudulently induced the town council to terminate contracts entered into for the provision of fire protection services.
Buckley, LLP v. Series 1 of Oxford Ins. Co., NC, LLC
Affirming a business court order and opinion based on its proper application of the law of attorney-client privilege to communications with an outside law firm made in the course of investigation of alleged violations of company's sexual harassment policy.
In re M.B.
Whether the trial court erred in terminating respondent's parental rights for neglect and failure to show reasonable progress in correcting the conditions which led to removal under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2).
Supreme Court Opinions Filed August 19, 2022
In re M.R.
Appeal from an order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(2) and respondent-father's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1)-(3), (5), and (7) (2021); whether the trial court erred in determining that there was a likelihood of repetition of neglect if the children were returned to respondent-mother's care; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining it was in the children's best interests that respondent-parents' parental rights be terminated.
In re A.M.C.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by denying respondent's motion to continue.
In re C.H.
Whether the trial court erred in ceasing reunification efforts; whether the trial court made the required findings under N.C.G.S. 7B-906.2(d) to eliminate reunification from the permanent plan.
In re J.D.O.
Termination of parental rights; lack of jurisdictional findings under N.C.G.S. 7B-1101; judicial notice of documents in the case file; adjudication of neglect under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); sufficiency of adjudicatory findings; likelihood of future neglect; cumulative error.