Whether there are genuine issues of material fact regarding (1) defendants' use of a reasonable planning period not to exceed 20 years when assessing impact fees and (2) whether a 2016 reduction in impact fees was due to reasons other than an updated school impact fee study.

12(b)(6) motion; declaratory judgment; N.C.G.S. § 31-5.5; N.C.G.S. § 29-19(b)(3); IVF.

Subrogation lien; subcontractor; lien waivers; summary judgment

Waiver of right to challenge venue

Workers' compensation; compromise settlement; compensable injury

board of adjustment; notice of violation; agency decision; procedural due process rights; N.C.G.S. § 160D-404(a); quasi-judicial hearing; no abuse of discretion

permanent child custody order; parental fitness; best interests of the children for granting primary custody

summary judgment; breach of contract; libel; mental and emotional distress damages; punitive damages; student-athletes; athletic scholarships; Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss

champerty and maintenance, slander of title, aiding and abetting, Rule 12(b)(6)

Permanency planning hearing;
Guardianship;
Constitutionally Protected Status;
Unsupported Findings of Fact;

Intervenor-plaintiff; N.C.G.S. § 50-13.1(a); permanent custody order; third party standing for custody of minor child; personal jurisdiction

interlocutory discovery order; statutory privilege; appellate jurisdiction; motion to dismiss appeal; statement of the grounds for appellate review; substantial right

Open meetings law; E-mail as a meeting; Simultaneous communication; Judgement on the pleadings.

12(b)(6); Constitutional Claims; Article I, Section 1; Article I, Section 19; Municipalities; Ultra Vires; Reversed; Remand

post-conviction DNA testing, post-conviction DNA preservation, destruction of DNA evidence, due process violation, bad faith requirement, N.C.G.S.15A-268

Statutory sex offense;
Statutory rape;
Indecent liberties;
Hearsay;
Statements for Medical Treatment;
Rule of Evidence 803(4);
Failure to Object;
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel;

motion to suppress; constitutionality of a vehicle search; K-9 unit; length of the traffic stop

drug possession; drug transportation; trafficking in cocaine; reasonable suspicion; no ineffective assistance of counsel; no error

confrontation clause, testimonial, substitute analyst, lab report