Facial constitutional challenge to 2016 law making Cabinet appointees subject to the advice and consent of the North Carolina Senate.

Medical malpractice action; whether the trial court erred in allowing plaintiff's Rule 59 motion to amend judgment, thus setting aside a jury verdict on damages; whether a new trial should be granted on the sole issue of damages; whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict against defendants on the issue of contributory negligence; trial court's award of costs against defendants for certain expert witness fees.

Whether a local board of county commissioners may be held legally responsible for providing a sound basic education for students in the county; appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss.

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress his confession; whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's confession was involuntary and should have been suppressed; whether the error was prejudicial.

Whether subdivision (a)(1) of N.C.G.S. 14-399, which generally prohibits littering, is an essential element of, or creates an exception to, that offense; whether an indictment that did not refer to the language in subdivision (a)(1) was fatally defective.

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a handgun seized from him at the scene of an ongoing police search for narcotics; whether the trial court's findings of fact were sufficient to support its conclusion of law that a Terry frisk of defendant was justified under the circumstances.

Location of boundary line- issue of fact; right to jury trial; interlocutory appeal- substantial right; Rule 60 motion for reconsideration; lack of notice; motion in limine; surveyor's opinion, survey standards

Summary Judgment, Burden of Production, Rule 56(c), Rule 56(e)

Deed of trust, construction and interpretation, question of law, property description, reformation

public figure defamation

right of access, sealed file, Virmani

alimony, marital fault, condonation, provocaton

Rule 60(b); UIFSA; registering, enforcing, and contesting a foreign child support order; affidavits; notice of hearing to contest a foreign support order

condominium termination; breach of fiduciary duty; veil piercing; breach of contract; unfair trade practices; statutory obligations; motion to dismiss

termination of parental rights; willful abandonment; neglect by abandonment; public policy

Subject matter jurisdiction to reopen upset bid period in power-of-sale foreclosure action where last prior bidder did not receive adequate notice of upset bid; N.C. Gen. Stat. 45-21.29A; N.C. Gen. Stat. 45-21.27

domestic violence protective order; due process; specific acts of domestic violence alleged in complaint; child custody; mootness

voluntary associations; contract; internal rules and procedures; notice and opportunity to be heard