Appellate Court Opinions

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35,415 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA12-1069 (Judge John Martin) , Published
State v Steen

Credibility of witnesses must be decided by the jury; invited error waives appellate review, including plain error

, Supreme Court , 360A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Cedar Greene, LLC v. City of Charlotte

Whether defendant imposed a discriminatory dual rate structure in violation of N.C.G.S. ? 160A-314 when providing solid waste disposal, a public enterprise

, Supreme Court , 312A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Gonzalez v. Worrell

Worker's Compensation; dispute over which workers' compensation insurance carrier is liable for payment to an employee of a subcontractor; application and interpretation of N.C.G.S. ?? 58-36-105 (required notice for cancellation of workers' compensation insurance), 58-36-110 (requirements for notifying policy holder of nonrenewal of insurance), and 97-19 (effect of general contractor?s not obtaining certificate of insurance from a subcontractor) when the subcontractor had workers' compensation insurance at the time of plaintiff's work-related accident

, Supreme Court , 399A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
Keyes v. Johnson

Whether an attorney removed from representing a client by the Clerk of Court for a conflict of interest can recover the value of her services in an action based on quantum meruit

, Supreme Court , 268A12 (Justice Barbara Jackson) , Published
State ex rel. Utilities Comm'n v. Att'y Gen.

Appeal from Commission order granting rate increase to electric power company; whether the order was supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence

, Supreme Court , 507PA11 (Justice Cheri Beasley) , Published
State v. Carter

Plain error review; whether a defendant convicted of first-degree sexual offense should receive a new trial because the trial court did not also instruct the jury on attempted first-degree sexual offense

, Supreme Court , 451PA12 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
State v. Griffin

Motion to suppress evidence related to defendant's arrest for driving while impaired; whether the traffic stop violated defendant's constitutional rights

, Supreme Court , 410A12 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Miles

First-degree murder (noncapital); whether defendant's motion to dismiss should have been allowed because the State's evidence was insufficient to establish that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime