Whether the North Carolina Felony Firearms Act, which bars certain felons from possessing firearms anywhere, is unconstitutional as-applied to plaintiff.

Whether communications between legislators and attorneys from private firms regarding the 2011 congressional and legislative redistricting plans are protected from discovery by the attorney-client, work-product, or legislative privileges

Whether Property Tax Commission erred in granting summary judgment for taxpayer and concluding that no grounds existed under N.C.G.S. ? 105-287(a) for county to revalue taxpayer's real property during a year in which a general reappraisal was not made

Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; application of N.C.G.S. ?? 50A-110 and 50A-206, governing communications between trial courts when simultaneous child custody proceedings are pending in North Carolina and another State

Whether a contractual provision requiring defendant to pay one-fourth of the cost of providing heat to premises shared with plaintiff is so vague as to be unenforceable; whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime

Change of venue; Denial of plaintiff's motion to recuse trial judge who granted summary judgment in defendants' favor; Judicial review of a private organization's decision to disqualify a participant for violating its tournament rules

Defamation action arising from a negative performance review of an NCSU faculty member; whether trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss based on Rule 12(b) grounds, including sovereign immunity

Whether defendant alleged sufficient facts to defeat a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss counterclaims against a former employee for breach of contract and conversion based on violation of an Employee Confidentiality Agreement

Deficiency suit following foreclosure sale; whether lender presented sufficient evidence of property's true value to defeat creditors' defense under N.C.G.S. ? 45-21.36 that lender paid substantially less than true value; whether trial court properly allowed summary judgment for plaintiff lender

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. ? 14-306.4, prohibiting operation of any electronic machine that conducts or promotes a sweepstakes through use of an entertaining display

Whether conditions DOT attached to a driveway permit required for petitioners' residential development exceed DOT's statutory authority

Action to collect on a debt; whether two letters from a principal member of defendant limited liability company were words of guaranty supported by adequate consideration; whether the trial court erred in granting the principal's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss him from the action.

Inverse condemnation proceeding; whether public water authority must pay just compensation for diminished water flow to companies that use the water to produce electricity for resale

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. ? 14-306.4, prohibiting operation of any electronic machine that conducts or promotes a sweepstakes through use of an entertaining display

Whether the trial court violated defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause or committed plain error when it admitted an SBI report identifying a controlled substance without accompanying expert testimony

Alleged traffic violation; motion to suppress; whether police officer had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle

Whether it was reversible error for the trial court to require defendant to wear shackles during his jury trial