Supreme Court
In re Harris Teeter, LLC
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the Property Tax Commission's conclusion that the County met its shifted burden of proving that its tax appraisal methodologies produced true values for the taxpayer's business personal property.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Stocks
When a cause of action accrues for reformation of a deed of trust based on mutual mistake and whether the parties intended a deed of trust to secure a promissory note.
State v. Shuler
Whether a criminal defendant forfeits their Fifth Amendment right to silence when they give pretrial notice of an affirmative defense under N.C.G.S. 15A-905(c)(1); whether the State is permitted to elicit testimony on a defendant's silence during its case-in-chief for the purposes of impeachment based solely on the defendant's pretrial notice of an affirmative defense.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed August 13, 2021
In re M.S.
Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2); no-merit review.
In re T.A.M.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by allowing respondent-father's counsel to withdraw; whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that terminating respondent-mother's parental rights would be in the best interests of the juveniles.
In re J.E.E.R.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in concluding that respondent's parental rights were subject to termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(3) (2019).
In re B.S.
Termination of parental rights; ineffective assistance of counsel.
In re E.S.
Whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining that termination of respondents' parental rights was in the children's best interests.
In re I.J.W.
Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) on the ground of willful abandonment.