Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motions to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.

Appeal from conviction for second-degree murder; whether the evidence, although conflicting, was sufficient to satisfy defendant's burden to submit the issue of self-defense to the jury; whether the trial court erred in not submitting the instruction.

Appeal from order and opinion of N.C. Business Court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for antitrust and related violations because of plaintiffs' failure to properly plead that defendants have market power within the relevant market.

Appeal from orders and opinions of N.C. Business Court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for antitrust and related violations because of plaintiffs' failure to properly plead that defendants have market power within the relevant market.

Dispute between a municipality and property owners over the Town's taking of a temporary easement in privately owned oceanfront property for a beach nourishment project; amount of compensation due the property owners; expert testimony on value of the interest taken; whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's determination of the amount to be awarded the property owners.

Ineffective assistance of counsel
Adequate review

termination of parental rights, ineffective assistance of counsel

Negligence; Contributory Negligence; Last Clear Chance; Summary Judgement

expert testimony, accident reconstruction

indecent liberties; sex offender; satellite-based monitoring; totality of the circumstances; empirical data; hearing; Grady

Rule 2, discharging a firearm into occupied dwelling, assault, indictment

Withdrawal of guilty plea, imposition of a sentence other than pleaded for

Embezzlement; civil settlement agreement release; no bar to criminal restitution, NCGS 15A-1343, writ of certiorari, issue of first impression.

Easements, declaratory judgment, right to erect gates, deed and plat interpretation

plain meaning; The Reinsurance Facility

e-discovery; Rule 26(g) sanctions; abuse of discretion; notice

Mortgage; Deed of Trust; Binding Arbitration; Arbitration Rider; Federal Arbitration Act

Local government permits, zoning, state permits, sufficient applications, moratoria, binding effect of official statements