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Quad Graphics, Inc. v N.C. Dep't of Revenue
Whether the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in McLeod v. J.E. Dilworth Co., 322 U.S. 327 (1944) prevents the assessment of North Carolina sales tax on purchases from a Wisconsin-based printing company for materials mailed into North Carolina to customers or their designees.
Radiator Specialty Co. v. Arrowood Indem. Co.
Declaratory judgment action by insured to determine extent to which various insurers are responsible for defense costs and indemnification for hundreds of product-liability claims based on the insurance policy provisions. Coverage under the policies is triggered when the claimant is exposed to the defective product, allocation of costs and damages should be pro rata among multiple insurers, and vertical exhaustion applies to coverage under excess policies.
State of North Carolina v. Amy Regina Atwell
Whether defendant's actions were sufficiently egregious to permit the trial court to determine that defendant had waived or forfeited her constitutional right to counsel.
State v. Brichikov
Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error by declining defendant's request to issue a jury instruction on involuntary manslaughter.
State v. Caballero
Whether the admission of testimony describing the alleged victim's account as 'rock solid' constituted plain error.
State v. Elder
Whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for the second of two counts of first-degree kidnapping given that the indictment alleged that defendant had confined, restrained, and removed the victim for the purpose of facilitating the commission of a first-degree rape.
State v. Geter
Whether the trial court possessed jurisdiction to revoke a defendant's probation after the defendant's term of probation had expired.
State v. Lamp
Whether sufficient evidence was presented to support an inference of defendant's intent to deceive.
State v. Robinson
Whether the trial court abused its discretion in declining to reduce defendant's sentence on drug trafficking charges as permitted by N.C.G.S. 90-95(h)(5).
State v. Rollinson
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by concluding that the trial court complied with the procedure mandated by the legislature under N.C.G.S. 15A-1201(d)(1) for the trial court's consent to defendant's waiver of his right to a jury trial.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, N.C. Div. v. City of Winston-Salem
Whether the facts alleged in plaintiff's amended complaint were sufficient to establish standing to challenge the City's removal of a Confederate monument from privately owned property located in downtown Winston-Salem.
West v. Hoyle's Tire & Axle, LLC
Whether an individual who lacks a legal relationship with the deceased employee can file a claim for death benefits under N.C.G.S. 97-39.
Williams v. Allen
Whether findings of fact by the trial court were required when no party specifically requested them.
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed December 6, 2022
Barham v. Barham
child support; contempt/attorney's fees order; Rule 11 sanctions
Canteen v. Charlotte Metro Credit Union
credit union, agreement, arbitration, amendment
Davis v. Woods
amended jury verdict; Rule 59 Motion; unjust enrichment; bargained-for exchange; intestacy
Frazier v. Frazier
N.C.R. App. P. 42, best interests
Frazier v. Town of Blowing Rock
short-term rentals, zoning, local zoning ordinance, quasi-judicial body, board of adjustment, nonconforming use, grandfathered use, table of permissible uses, notice of violation, contested facts
Ha v. Nationwide Gen. Ins. Co.
Homeowner's insurance policy; cancellation notice; statutory construction; N.C. Gen. Stat. 58-44-16, 58-41-15.