Supreme Court
Smith v. State of North Carolina
News & Observer Publishing Co., Inc. v. Coble
Ryan v. UNC Hospitals
Peace v. Employment Security Commission #+#
State v. James
Following defendant's conviction for committing first-degree murder when he was a juvenile, defendant was mandatorily sentenced to life imprisonment without parole; after U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama that sentences such as defendant's are unconstitutional, the trial court held a resentencing hearing and imposed another sentence of life without parole; whether the resentencing statutes enacted in response to Miller (N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.19A to -1340.19D) are unconstitutional.
Quality Built Homes Inc. v. Town of Carthage
Whether developers' claims against a municipality for a refund of illegally assessed water and sewer impact fees are barred by the statute of limitations or the doctrine of estoppel by acceptance of benefits.
In re Henderson
Review of recommendation for public reprimand.
State v. Dunston
Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motion to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.
Swan Beach Corolla, L.L.C. v. County of Currituck
Declaratory judgment action by landowners to establish their vested rights to develop their property as originally shown in a plat approved by defendants and filed with the Register of Deeds; whether the trial court erred by denying defendants' motion to set aside entry of default and by entering default judgment for plaintiffs.
State ex rel. Utils. Comm'n v. NC WARN
Appeal from Utilities Commission order declaring that NC WARN acts as a 'public utility' when it sells to a single nonprofit customer electricity produced for that customer from solar panels placed at no cost on the customer's property.