Office of Administrative hearings had subject matter jurisdiction over contested case where administrative law judge chose to credit testimony regarding whether grievance was timely filed

Zoning; Land Development Regulation; Statutory Interpretation; Preemption

plain error; jury instructions; second-degree murder; self-defense; manslaughter

Batson, jury selection, peremptory strike, step two, step three, race-neutral explanation, burden of proving purposeful discrimination

True threat; Extortion; First Amendment; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-118.4; Unconstitutional; Free Speech Clause

Motion to suppress evidence gathered following warrantless entry into residence, reasonable expectation of privacy in residence searched, exceptions to the warrant requirement.

Motion to Suppress; Reasonable Suspicion; Traffic Stop; Voluntary Consent

Rule 401; Rule 404(b); evidence of sexual materials; plain error; satellite based monitoring; error of law; in camera review of sealed documents.

summary judgment; development approvals; off-site improvements; municipal authority; statutory construction; attorneys' fees; reimbursement; exaction; mandamus; mootness

motion to dismiss; standing; breach of contract

Workers' Compensation Act; subrogation; choice of law; distribution of attorneys' fees and costs

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in adjudicating the existence of neglect, such that there was a probability that neglect would recur if the juvenile was returned to respondent-father's care, and willful failure to correct the conditions that led to the juvenile's removal under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

Termination of parental rights; service of a summons upon a nonresident respondent-parent.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion by concluding that termination of parental rights was in the children's best interests.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by determining that there was a showing of past neglect and a probability of a repetition of neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and whether the trial court erred by determining that termination was in the child's best interests.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred in adjudicating the existence of neglect and willful failure to make reasonable progress in correcting the conditions that led to the juvenile's removal under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(2).

Whether the trial court erred by determining that there was a substantial likelihood of repetition of neglect if the juvenile was returned to respondent's care.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion in concluding that termination of parental rights was in the juvenile's best interests.

Termination of parental rights; standard of proof.