Appeal from orders and opinions of N.C. Business Court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for antitrust and related violations because of plaintiffs' failure to properly plead that defendants have market power within the relevant market.

Dispute between a municipality and property owners over the Town's taking of a temporary easement in privately owned oceanfront property for a beach nourishment project; amount of compensation due the property owners; expert testimony on value of the interest taken; whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's determination of the amount to be awarded the property owners.

Workers? compensation, witness testimony, impermissibly disregarded, sufficiency of the evidence, credibility

res judicata

Ineffective assistance of counsel
Adequate review

termination of parental rights, ineffective assistance of counsel

N.C.R. App. P. 3.1; abused and neglected juveniles; adjudicatory findings; expert opinion testimony regarding sexual abuse

juvenile reunification efforts

termination of parental rights; stipulation to factual allegations; ineffective assistance of counsel; safe home under N.C. Gen. Stat. 7B-1111(a)(9)

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Verifications; Notarial Acts

Juvenile; Delinquency; Admissions.

Motion to disqualify counsel; Interlocutory arguments; Failure to preserve and Jurisdictional defect

Responsible individual list, NCGS 7B-320; insufficient notice; summary judgment; offer of proof.

conditional use permit; attorneys' fees

Forum selection clause; Choice-of-law clause; Uniform Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act; Full faith and credit; Contract formation; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 228-3; Personal jurisdiction.

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Appeals from Clerk to District Court; Homestead Exemption; Residency

Negligence; Contributory Negligence; Last Clear Chance; Summary Judgement

Admission of a co-defendant's testimony, legitimate purpose, prejudice