Whether adjacent property owner has standing to contest zoning decision; case dismissed on appeal for violation of N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure

Retired local law enforcement officer's special separation allowance; whether allowance terminates upon officer's reemployment with another unit participating in same retirement system; whether officer had vested contractual right to continued payment of allowance

Certificate of need; Dep't's decision not to correct erroneous need determination in State Medical Facilities Plan; whether sovereign immunity bars consideration of complaint seeking injunctive relief, declaratory judgment, and writ of mandamus

Whether public hospital's contract to purchase a private medical practice is a public record

Whether guardian ad litem should have been appointed for mother during proceedings to terminate her parental rights

Dispositional order finding neglect; failure to meet statutory time limit to enter order; prejudicial effect

Scope of trial court's de novo review of county commissioners' order closing roads to public

Whether domestic violence protection order contained sufficient findings of fact to support a conclusion that defendant violated N.C.G.S. § 50B-1(a)(2)

Legal malpractice claim against attorney who allegedly mishandled plaintiffs' previous medical malpractice claim; whether Rule 9(j) applies to the legal malpractice claim

Workers' Compensation; recreational event; whether employee's injury was work-related

Summary judgment; whether insurance policy covers losses to insured's business from roof collapse

Constitutional and non-constitutional claims against local school board arising from accident on school premises; summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings

Pending site plan review; permanent ban on lawful use

Trial court's order to DOC to change inmate's sentencing record

Second-degree murder; self-defense; whether excluding some evidence of victim's violent character was prejudicial error

Robbery with a dangerous weapon; are hands a dangerous weapon under N.C.G.S. 14-87?

Burning of detached garage at a residence applicability of N.C.G.S. §§ 14-58 and -62