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Quality Built Homes Inc. v. Town of Carthage
Whether Town of Carthage has municipal authority to charge impact fees on landowners for future water and sewer system expansion when an owner subdivides its property.
State v. Thomsen
Whether the Court of Appeals has subject matter jurisdiction to issue a writ of certiorari to review a trial court's order granting defendant appropriate relief on the trial court's own motion.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed June 10, 2016
Herndon v. Herndon
Whether, at a hearing on plaintiff's complaint and motion for issuance of a domestic violence protective order, the trial court violated defendant's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
In re D.L.W.
Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (a)(2).
Kirby v. NCDOT
Whether the improvement, development, and subdivision restrictions imposed on plaintiffs' property under the Map Act, by which NCDOT identifies corridors that may be used for possible future transportation projects, amount to a taking by eminent domain.
Morris v. Scenera Research LLC
Action under N.C. Wage & Hour Act for payment of patent bonuses to former employee; whether employee was entitled to elect to rescind certain patent assignments in lieu of damages awarded by a jury and the trial court.
State v. Bishop
Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. 14-458.1(a)(1)(d), prohibiting cyber-bullying.
State v. Hammonds
When defendant was questioned by police while he was involuntarily committed, whether he was in custody and required to receive Miranda warnings; whether defendant's statements were made voluntarily.
State v. McGrady
Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert witness testimony offered by defendant, pursuant to amended Rule of Evidence 702(a).
Thomas Jefferson Classical Acad. Charter Sch. v. Cleveland Cty. Bd. of Educ.
Whether a local school board is required to share certain program funds received from the federal government with public charter schools that enroll students who live in that same school administrative unit.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed May 6, 2016
Faires v. State Bd. of Elections
Appeal from three-judge panel decision declaring facially unconstitutional a law permitting the voters to decide on retention of an incumbent Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Opinions Filed April 15, 2016
Atlantic Coast Props., Inc. v. Saunders
Petition by purchaser of undivided one-half interest in land to partition the property; whether respondent cotenants acquired sole title to the property via their ancestor's constructive ouster of all others having an ownership interest in the land.
NCAE v. State
Constitutionality of repeal in 2013 of public school teachers' Career Status Law; challenges based on Contract Clause of the Federal Constitution and Law of the Land Clause of the N.C. Constitution.
Ribelin v. Creel
Whether a plaintiff who waited seven years after filing her initial complaint for child custody and support to prosecute her claim for child support waived her right to past child support during that seven-year interim.
State v. Davis
Whether, at defendant's trial for sexual abuse of a child, the trial court erred in admitting expert opinion testimony supporting the allegations of abuse.
State v. Snead
Conviction of defendant for felony larceny based solely on lay testimony describing contents of store surveillance video; whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding inadmissible (1) the video based on lack of a proper foundation, and (2) a store employee's estimate of the value of the goods stolen.