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Supreme Court Opinions Filed March 21, 2025
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.
Ayers v. Currituck Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs.
Whether unacceptable personal conduct provided just cause for termination of a state employee.
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.
Happel v. Guilford Cnty. Bd. of Educ.
Whether the federal PREP Act preempts all state law claims, including those brought under the state constitution.
Lannan v. Bd. of Governors of the Univ. of N.C.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the denial of the University's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' breach of contract claims.
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.
State v. Bell
Whether defendant's J.E.B. claim is preserved and whether the claim was procedurally barred.
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).
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.
State v. Gregory
Whether the trial court erred in limiting cross-examination of the State's expert witness.
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.
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).
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).
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 Opinions Filed January 31, 2025
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.
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.
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.
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.'