Appellate Court Opinions

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2,687 Appellate Court Opinions

, Supreme Court , 249PA19-2 (Justice Allison Riggs) , Published
Ashe County v. Ashe Cnty. Plan. Bd.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that a land developer was not entitled to the benefit of permit choice based on its determination of application completeness and the existence of a now-expired moratorium.

, Supreme Court , 210A24 (Per Curiam) , Published
Charles Schwab & Co. v. Marilley

Whether the Business Court erred in ruling that the parties' intrafamilial dispute fell outside the scope of their arbitration agreement with Charles Schwab.

, Supreme Court , 79A24 (Justice Trey Allen) , Published
Smith v. Smith

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court's decision to classify a tract of land as defendant's separate property.

, Supreme Court , 86A02-2 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
State v. Bell

Whether defendant's J.E.B. claim is preserved and whether the claim was procedurally barred.

, Supreme Court , 33A24 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Borlase

Whether the Court of Appeals conducted an appropriate review of the sentencing court's conclusion that defendant's sentence was constitutionally sufficient under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012).

, Supreme Court , 289PA23 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
State v. Fenner

Whether the trial court complied with N.C.G.S. 15A-1242 where it informed a defendant who sought to proceed pro se only of the harshest sentences he faced and miscalculated the maximum sentence by two years, but both the potential sentence and the actual sentence amounted to life in prison.

, Supreme Court , 23A24 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Gregory

Whether the trial court erred in limiting cross-examination of the State's expert witness.

, Supreme Court , 10PA24 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Macon

Whether the trial court complied with N.C.G.S. 15A-1242 where it
informed a defendant of a miscalculated the maximum sentence.

, Supreme Court , 81A24 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Miller

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in determining that the trial court did not err in (1) denying defendant's motion to dismiss the charge under N.C.G.S. 90-95(h)(4) and (2) instructing the jury that opioids were included in the definition of 'opium or opiate' under N.C.G.S. 90-95(h)(4).

, Supreme Court , 297PA18 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
State v. Sims

Whether the sentencing court's findings of the mitigating factors under N.C.G.S. 15A-1340.19B support defendant's juvenile sentence to life without parole, and whether defendant's claims under J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., 511 U.S. 127 (1994) are procedurally barred under N.C.G.S. 15A-1419(a)(3).

, Supreme Court , 15A24 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
Vanguard Pai Lung, LLC v. Moody

Whether defendants adequately preserved arguments in their post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict where those arguments were not specifically articulated in their corresponding motion for directed verdict.

, Supreme Court , 278A23 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
Cohane v. Home Missioners of Am.

Whether section 4.2(b) of the SAFE Child Act's revival of claims 'for child sexual abuse otherwise time-barred' by a three-year statute of limitations encompasses claims against defendants who did not directly commit the alleged abuse.

, Supreme Court , 167PA22 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
Doe 1K v. Roman Cath. Diocese

Whether an act of the General Assembly that purports to set aside a final judgment of the judicial branch violates separation of powers principles in the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 168PA22 (Justice Richard Dietz) , Published
Doe v. Roman Cath. Diocese

Whether an act of the General Assembly that purports to set aside a final judgment of the judicial branch violates separation of powers principles in the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 32PA24 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
James H.Q. Davis Tr. v. JHD Props., LLC

Whether the Business Court erred in ordering an entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs on plaintiffs' complaint seeking judicial dissolution of the manager-managed LLCs, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 57D-6-02(2)(i), because continued operation of the LLCs in conformance with the operating agreements was 'not practicable.'