Standing, Fourth Amendment search, motion to suppress, CSLI

Resisting Public Officer; forfeiture of counsel; criminal contempt

notice of appeal; petition for writ of certiorari; waiver of right to appeal

Alternate juror; jury deliberations; 12-person jury.

obligations under deed of trust; promissory note; contract interpretation; conclusions of law; findings of fact; summary judgment.

Rule 54(b), final judgments, interlocutory orders, Rule 59, trial on the merits, summary judgment, Bodie Island Beach Club Ass’n, Inc. v. Wray, 215 N.C. App. 283 (2011), tolling appeals, Rule 3, Rule 60(b).

Whether plaintiffs' negligent retention claim falls within the scope of a medical malpractice action pursuant to N.C.G.S. 90-21.11 and therefore is barred by the statute of repose.

Whether the City's notice of violation provided sufficient notice of alleged violations of its unified development ordinance.

Whether individualized fact issues such as the fair market value of property preclude class certification on predominance grounds.

Whether the Business Court erred in granting summary judgment for defendants on a declaratory judgment claim and breach of fiduciary duty and constructive fraud claims.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's order and remanding for additional findings regarding the calculation of the alimony award and attorney fees.

Whether two defendants (a natural person and an LLC) have sufficient minimum contacts with North Carolina to confer personal jurisdiction over them.

Whether the trial court is collaterally estopped from adjudicating allegations of sexual abuse alleged in a juvenile petition, where some of those allegations were resolved in a child custody order and recited in an interference petition order.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that respondent had ratified the loan documents encumbering her real property, thereby authorizing petitioner to foreclose under N.C.G.S. 45-21.16.

Whether the prior pending action doctrine precluded the trial court from adjudicating a termination of parental rights petition where there was a preexisting pending motion for review in another jurisdiction.

Describing the distinction between the joint employment doctrine and lent employee doctrine and determining whether plaintiff, a law enforcement officer conducting off-duty traffic control work, was jointly employed by the sheriff's office and the road repair company.

Whether Map Act recordings effectuate indefinite takings of restricted property rights when the Map Act itself was later repealed, and the proper measure of compensation for this indefinite taking.

Whether, under the North Carolina Sales and Use Tax Act, real-time replenishments met the statutory definition of prepaid wireless calling service and are taxable at the point of sale.

Whether plaintiff abandoned his right to seek damages for Map Act restrictions on his land by not raising the issue in a condemnation action instituted by the N.C. Department of Transportation after those restrictions went into effect.