Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 95-241, summary judgment, burden-shifting, nondiscriminatory purpose, evidence of pretext beyond speculation

statutory authority; municipal sewer service availability fees; undeveloped property

Failure to preserve.

home foreclosure; deed of trust; power of attorney; NCGS § 45-102

Involuntary Commitment

County board of elections; voter challenge; standard of review.

Voluntary Dismissal, Bad Faith, Motion to Set Aside and Real Party in Interest

civil contempt; willful noncompliance with prior court orders; unchallenged findings of fact

Fraud; mistake; Rule 41(b) dismissal

Equitable distribution; alimony; marital misconduct; findings of fact; attorney fees.

Town Ordinance; negligence per se; premises liability

Owelty; Partition by sale; Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

habitual impaired driving; driving while licensed revoked; ineffective assistance of counsel

Indictment
Presentment
State v. Baker

possession of a firearm by a felon; habitual felon status; sentence in a presumptive range; presumption of regularity; colloquy after State's evidence.

Specific intent jury instruction; premeditation and deliberation jury instruction; trial court intervention ex mero motu

second-degree murder; discharging a weapon into occupied property; appeal following guilty plea; no-merit brief

possession of a stolen motor vehicle; sufficiency of the evidence of defendant's knowledge that the vehicle was stolen

presentments; indictments

Waiver of indictment; NCGS 15A-642(c)