Appellate Court Opinions

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35,415 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1323 (Judge Sanford Steelman) , Published
State v Satterthwaite

Possession of drug paraphernalia; Motion to dismiss; Ineffective assistance of counsel

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1221 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Published
State v Williams

Appeal by the State, certificate, chemical analysis, implied consent rights, driving while impaired

, Court of Appeals , COA13-1426 (Judge Linda McGee) , Published
Whitesell v. Barnwell

N.C.G.S. 46-44, Partition of personal property; Equitable defenses - doctrine of unclean hands

, Supreme Court , 380PA13 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
Bynum v. Wilson Cnty.

Negligence action for a fall on the steps of a county office building; denial of summary judgment for County claiming governmental immunity defense

, Supreme Court , 51PA13 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
Dallaire v. Bank of Am.

Borrowers' suit against lender that refinanced their home mortgage loan; summary judgment in favor of lender; whether a question of fact arose regarding the possible existence of a fiduciary relationship between borrowers and lender sufficient to support claims based on negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty

, Supreme Court , 75PA13 (Justice Sarah Parker) , Published
DocRx, Inc. v. EMI Servs. of N.C., LLC

Action under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act; whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause precludes the use of certain Rule 60(b) grounds to defeat enforcement of a foreign judgment in this state

, Supreme Court , 559PA11-2 (Per Curiam) , Published
Griffin v. Ball

Whether the Court of Appeals properly granted defendant's petition for habeas corpus because he was charged under a defective indictment for felonious failure to appear on a felony charge

, Supreme Court , 348PA13 (Justice Robert Edmunds Jr.) , Published
In re S.D.W.

Adoption proceeding; whether N.C.G.S. ? 48-3-601, as applied here to bar a putative father from being able to withhold his consent for the adoption, violates the father's constitutional due process rights

, Supreme Court , 281PA13 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
King v. Town of Chapel Hill

Action for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief challenging town ordinances regulating towing of vehicles from private lots and banning mobile telephone use by all persons while driving a motor vehicle