Appellate Court Opinions

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19,889 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-31 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
Hwang v. Cairns

employment contract; sovereign immunity; public official immunity; summary judgment; Rule 15

, Court of Appeals , COA22-21 (Per Curiam) , Unpublished
In re M.W.

abused and neglected juvenile; home state of the juvenile; temporary emergency jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50A-204; caretaker status; preservation; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 7B-903; statutory interpretation

, Court of Appeals , COA22-347 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Abrams

Permissible scope of Terry frisk; motion to suppress; armed and dangerous; reasonable suspicion; ?plain feel? doctrine; ?immediately apparent? object; probable cause.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-379 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Anderson

plain error review; Rule 403; post-arrest silence; no prejudicial error; in camera review; preservation; appellate record; motion to dismiss

, Court of Appeals , COA22-184 (Judge April Wood) , Unpublished
State v. Bryan

Alford plea; restitution; restitution worksheet; contractual nature of plea agreement; prosecutor's statements; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec.15A-1340.36.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-628 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
State v. Cox

second-degree murder; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

, Court of Appeals , COA22-551 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
State v. Messer

Breaking or entering; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-54(a); felonious larceny; restitution award; definite and certain stipulation; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; intent to commit larceny.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-513 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Thomas

Confrontation Clause; preservation; general objection

, Court of Appeals , COA22-578 (Judge Fred Gore) , Unpublished
Young v. City of Durham

minor special use permit; quasi-judicial decision; competent, material, and substantial evidence in the record; review factors; sufficient findings of fact; exclusion of witness testimony

, Court of Appeals , COA22-431 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Bates v. Staples, Inc.

Affirm; N.C. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2); Rule 55; default judgment; issue preservation; summary judgment; 42 U.S.C. 1981; 42 U.S.C. 1983; state action, discrimination

, Court of Appeals , COA22-384 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
Dr. Suriya Jayawardena v. Dr. Matthew A. Daka.

Summary judgment; shareholder dispute; buy-out provisions in shareholder agreement; valuation of shares in medical practice; breach of fiduciary duty claim

, Court of Appeals , COA22-449 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Estate of Zamarie Chance v. Fairfield Inn and Suitesl

Rule 56 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; summary judgment; appellate rules violations; wrongful death action; negligence; duty of care for innkeeper; special relationship establishing duty; no substantial evidence showing the essential element of breach of duty; no genuine issue of material fact.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-767 (Judge Jeff Carpenter) , Unpublished
Gantt Constr. v. City of Hickory

summary judgment; Rule 41(a); voluntary dismissal; relation back; same parties; statute of limitations.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-460 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Unpublished
Gehrke vs. Gates at Quail Hollow HOA, LTD

Summary judgment; condominium association; application of declaration provisions governing association's payment obligations for repair work

, Court of Appeals , COA22-81 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Unpublished
Gyger v. Clement

Rule 60(b) Motion, International Child Support, and Appellate Procedure.

, Court of Appeals , COA22-476 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
In Re C.H.

Involuntary commitment; Findings of fact; Attempted Suicide; Due Process