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

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33,453 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA18-237 (Judge Mark Davis) , Unpublished
State v. Terrell

Motion to suppress; Driving while impaired; Probable cause; De facto arrest; Conflict between oral and written orders of trial court

, Court of Appeals , COA18-242 (Judge Lucy Inman) , Unpublished
State v. W.

Guilty Plea; Petition for Writ of Certiorari

, Court of Appeals , COA18-550 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Published
State v. Wilson

motion to dismiss; disseminating obscene material to a minor; unanimous jury verdict; indecent liberties; first-degree statutory rape of a child; reconsideration of decision not to testify

, Court of Appeals , COA18-617 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
Swanson v. Enloe

Rules of Appellate Procedure; Rule 3; Notice of Appeal

, Court of Appeals , COA18-420 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
Veer Right Mgmt. Grp., Inc. v. Czarnowski Display Serv., Inc.

Complex business case with claims for breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy, tortious interference with employment contract; unfair and deceptive trade practices; and adverse inference.

, Court of Appeals , COA18-496 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
Walsh v. Jones

custody modification, visitation

, Court of Appeals , COA16-892-2 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Meinck v. City of Gastonia

Governmental injury; waiver-insurance; ambiguous terms; summary judgment; general liability policy

, Supreme Court , 409PA17 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
Cooper v. Berger

Facial constitutional challenge to 2016 law making Cabinet appointees subject to the advice and consent of the North Carolina Senate.

, Supreme Court , 255A17 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Justus v. Rosner

Medical malpractice action; whether the trial court erred in allowing plaintiff's Rule 59 motion to amend judgment, thus setting aside a jury verdict on damages; whether a new trial should be granted on the sole issue of damages; whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict against defendants on the issue of contributory negligence; trial court's award of costs against defendants for certain expert witness fees.

, Supreme Court , 338A17 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Silver v. Halifax Cty. Bd. of Comm'rs

Whether a local board of county commissioners may be held legally responsible for providing a sound basic education for students in the county; appeal from trial court's grant of defendant's Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss.

, Supreme Court , 57PA17 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Johnson

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress his confession; whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that defendant's confession was involuntary and should have been suppressed; whether the error was prejudicial.

, Supreme Court , 23A18 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Rankin

Whether subdivision (a)(1) of N.C.G.S. 14-399, which generally prohibits littering, is an essential element of, or creates an exception to, that offense; whether an indictment that did not refer to the language in subdivision (a)(1) was fatally defective.

, Supreme Court , 295PA17 (Justice Mark Martin) , Published
State v. Wilson

Whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of a handgun seized from him at the scene of an ongoing police search for narcotics; whether the trial court's findings of fact were sufficient to support its conclusion of law that a Terry frisk of defendant was justified under the circumstances.