Appeal from district and superior court orders granting defendant's motions to suppress and dismissing a charge of driving while impaired; whether the Court of Appeals majority erred by (1) concluding that police had probable cause to arrest and charge defendant with driving while impaired and (2) reversing and remanding the lower courts' orders to the contrary.

Appeal from defendant's convictions for child sexual offenses following the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of images recovered from a USB thumb drive owned by him; extent to which the private-search doctrine authorized police to conduct a warrantless search of data stored on the thumb drive; whether there was probable cause for police to obtain a warrant to conduct a further search of the thumb drive.

Domestic Violence Protective Order
Fear of imminent serious bodily injury
Actual fear
Subjective

Equitable distribution; Award of attorneys' fees; Willful civil contempt; Violations of Rule 11

Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal for failure to state a claim; Sufficiency of allegations in complaint; Negligent infliction of emotional distress; Intentional infliction of emotional distress

DMV, authority to act, chemical analysis, affidavit, NC Gen. Stat. section 20-16.2

Electronic Discovery; Motion to Compel; Forensic Examination; Attorney-Client Privilege; Work-Product Immunity

Motion to disqualify counsel

Equitable distribution; Classification of property; Sufficiency of findings of fact; Post-separation business distributions; Classification of workers' compensation and personal injury awards; Incorrect legal standard and burden of proof

Decedent's Estates; Real Property; Quiet Title Action; Standing; Deed; Ambiguity.

Rule 59 Motions; Preservation of Error; Worker?s Compensation Lien

juvenile court, Chapter 7B, UCCJEA, transfer of jurisdiction

Termination of parental rights; neglect, NCGS 7B-1111(a)(1); probability of future neglect; reasonable progress, NCGS 7B-1111(a)(2)

Release of police body-camera recordings, abuse of discretion, gag orders, First Amendment

Attorney discipline; standard of review; inherent authority of the court, NCGS 5A-15(a); representations to the court; conduct calling the court into disrepute.

power of sale foreclosure; anti-deficiency statutes; right to foreclose under the instrument; enjoining mortgage sale on equitable grounds

Malicious Prosecution; Statute of Limitations

Medicaid income limits; CAP/DA eligibility; Waiver of eligibility rules under 42 U.S.C. 1396n(c); Sufficiency of record evidence of waiver

Motion to Dismiss; Failure to State a Claim; Failure to Join a Necessary Party

Office of Administrative Hearings; substantial prejudice; certificate of need; department of health and human services; standard of review; comparative analysis; MRI; agency; criteria; conforming; deference; adverse inference; destruction of evidence; cross appeal; statutory compliance