public records request; special proceeding; lack of subject matter jurisdiction; lack of authority to initiate action

Termination of parental rights; findings of fact; NCGS 7B-1111(a); failure to pay child support; and judicial discretion

North Carolina Utilities Commission; Commission's decision prima facie just and reasonable; Deference afforded to Commission's interpretation of statute

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

SAFE Child Act; S.B. 199; revival provision; three-judge panel of Wake County Superior Court; motion to transfer; res judicata

Modification of Child Custody; Substantial Change of Circumstances; Findings of Fact; and Pure Legal Custody.

partial summary judgment; breach of contract; specific performance; implied warranty of habitability; summary ejectment; tortious interference with contract; fraud

worker's compensation; full commission did not abuse its discretion in allowing claimant's motion to submit additional evidence where good grounds existed for granting motion and Form 44 put defendants on notice of material aggravation theory; bariatric surgery was directly related to work injury that required right knee surgery and thus compensable where right knee surgery could not be safely performed before substantial weight loss that would result from bariatric surgery

Interlocutory, substantial right, and appointment of expert appraiser

Nonjurisdictional Appellate Rules Violation; Rule 28(b)(6); dismissal

Motion to Dismiss Appeal; Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss; Malicious Prosecution; Abuse of Process; and Probable Cause

Judgment on pleadings; declaratory judgment act; insurance policy; policy exclusions; intentional act; duty to defend/indemnify.

denial of Rule 60(b) motion; attorney's fees; void judgment

trafficking, traffic stop, license plate, renewal sticker, Commissioner, DMV, reasonable suspicion, mistake of law, registration card, ambiguous

motion for appropriate relief; Brady and Napue claims failed because of lack of probability allegedly wrongfully withheld or intentionally false evidence would have changed result of trial had it not been withheld or introduced; evidentiary hearing was required on ineffective assistance of counsel claim to determine whether failure to investigate key alibi witness prejudiced outcome of trial; gatekeeper order prohibiting the filing of future motions for appropriate relief was erroneous where there was no history of filing successive frivolous motions for appropriate relief

Fifth Amendment; custodial interrogation; barricaded suspect; and clerical error

Miranda Rights; interrogation; confession; unambiguous request for counsel; motion to suppress; Fifth Amendment

New trial; Motion to Dismiss; Rule of Evidence 404; Limiting Instructions; and Hearsay

proof of prior felony conviction; jury instruction; felonious possession of marijuana

Jury instructions; mandatory presumption; attorney-client privilege; motion to compel.