Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

Search Case Summaries / Headnotes.
View PDF Volumes.

33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA19-817 (Judge Phil Berger Jr.) , Unpublished
Yow v. Henry

Child custody, change of circumstances

, Supreme Court , 188A18-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
Banyan GW, LLC v. Wayne Preparatory Acad. Charter Sch., Inc.

Whether a contract's liquidated damages provision created a genuine issue of material fact, thereby precluding summary judgment for plaintiff and whether the contract with plaintiff was in violation of defendant's charter and the statutes governing its operation and is therefore null and void.

, Supreme Court , 369PA18 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Cabarrus Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Dep't of State Treasurer

Whether the General Assembly intended to exempt by implication the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System's Board of Trustees from rulemaking requirements pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, N.C.G.S. 150B, in adopting a Contribution-Based Benefit Cap pursuant to N.C.G.S. 135-5(a3).

, Supreme Court , 273A19 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re B.C.B.

Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7); willful abandonment.

, Supreme Court , 259A19 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re C.J.C.

Appointment of a guardian ad litem pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1108; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining the best interests of the child.

, Supreme Court , 231A19 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re K.N.K.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by concluding respondent willfully abandoned his child where respondent attended visitations with the child after the petition was filed; whether the trial court abused its discretion in determining the child's best interest.

, Supreme Court , 227A19 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re N.P.

Appeal from an order terminating respondent's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); neglect.

, Supreme Court , 150A19 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
In re S.D.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2); whether the trial court's adjudicatory findings of fact were supported by clear, cogent and convincing evidence; and whether those findings were sufficient to support the trial court's conclusion of law that grounds existed to terminate respondent's parental rights on the basis of neglect based upon a prior adjudication of neglect and a likelihood of repetition of neglect.

, Supreme Court , 212A19 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re Z.A.M.

Appeal from an order terminating parental rights under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (2); whether the trial court issued sufficient findings of fact regarding progress leading up to the termination hearing to support its ultimate findings of fact and conclusions of law that grounds existed to terminate parental rights; whether the trial court abused its discretion in terminating parental rights.

, Supreme Court , 339A18 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
New Hanover Cty. Bd. of Educ. v. Stein

Whether payments made pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General's Office and major hog producers constitute 'penalties' subject to article IX, section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution.

, Supreme Court , 434PA18 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
PHG Asheville, LLC v. City of Asheville

Conditional Use Permits; Whether the City of Asheville properly denied a developer's application for a conditional use permit to build a hotel in downtown Asheville; Whether a local government may independently assess an application for a conditional use permit and make findings of fact that support denying that permit when no one offers evidence in opposition to that permit or, alternatively, whether a developer is automatically entitled to the issuance of a conditional use permit when no one presents evidence in opposition to the permit.

, Supreme Court , 124PA19 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
Preston v. Movahed

Medical malpractice 9(j) certification; medical expert willing to testify; facially valid 9(j) certificate

, Supreme Court , 75PA19 (Justice Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Conley

Appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals holding that defendant could only be convicted of a single count of possession of a firearm on educational property, despite his simultaneous possession of five firearms.

, Supreme Court , 195A19 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Copley

Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it overruled defendant's objections during the prosecutor's closing argument.

, Supreme Court , 79PA18 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Golder

Whether (1) defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the State's evidence were preserved; (2) the State presented sufficient evidence that defendant aided and abetted; and (3) the State presented sufficient evidence that defendant obtained a 'thing of value' as defined under N.C.G.S. 14-100.

, Supreme Court , 398PA18 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Town of Pinebluff v. Moore Cty.

Whether there is an irreconcilable conflict between N.C.G.S. 160A-360(e) and N.C.G.S. 160A-360(f), as amended by Session Law 1999-35, that invalidates the applicability of subsection (e).