Whether alleged overcharges for second mortgage loans violate N.C.G.S. ? 75-1.1

Whether defendants waived their right to compel arbitration of claims by engaging in discovery not authorized by an arbitrator

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as cocaine testified to the results of chemical analyses done by non-testifying chemists

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying substances as marijuana and cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights apply to testimony before a jury in a noncapital sentencing proceeding

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert witness gave her opinion, based on the testing performed by a non-testifying chemical analyst, that the substance was cocaine.

Whether a defendant's Confrontation Clause rights were violated when an expert who did not conduct tests identifying a substance as cocaine testified to the results of a chemical analysis done by a non-testifying chemist

Whether an injured person may bring a civil action against a defendant pursuant to the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973's civil relief provision when the defendant has received notices of non-compliance, but has not been charged with a violation of a relevant law, rule, order, or erosion and sedimentation control plan.

Whether an action based on defendants' negligent storage of a firearm used by their 52-year-old adult son to shoot plaintiff should be dismissed for failure to state a claim

Divorce proceedings; appeal from series of orders resolving all issues except attorney's fees; Court of Appeals' dismissal of the appeal as interlocutory

Divorce action by North Carolina resident; application of Texas law to determine whether the parties met all requirements for a common law marriage in Texas

Materialman's lien statute; whether a person who had no legal or equitable interest in real property when the services at issue were contracted for, but later purchased the property, can be an owner for purposes of section 44A-8

Summary ejectment action; counterclaim by defendant based on adverse possession; whether the trial court committed reversible error when it declined to instruct jurors that they could find that defendant possessed part, but not all, of the property at issue

Whether information given by an insurance investigator to police regarding a loss caused by arson should subject the insurer to liability for malicious prosecution and for an unfair and deceptive trade practice; extent of immunity provided to insurer under N.C.G.S. ? 58-79-40 and the Noerr-Pennington doctrine

Whether the trial court committed plain error by erroneously instructing the jury on an alternate theory to support a conviction for second-degree kidnapping when that theory was not supported by the evidence

Motion to suppress evidence of DWI; whether police had reasonable suspicion to stop defendant's vehicle