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2,698 Appellate Court Opinions
In re Badgett
Review of recommendation for judicial censure
In re L.B.
Appeal from termination of parental rights; whether N.C. R. App. P. 3A permits parent's GAL to sign a notice of appeal on the parent's behalf
Macher v. Macher
Rule 60(b) motion to set aside divorce judgment on grounds trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendant; conflicting evidence whether defendant signed his purported answer to divorce complaint
McIntyre v. McIntyre
Whether a prenuptial agreement waived all rights to equitable distribution or was simply a fair trader agreement
State v. Haislip
Standing to challenge constitutionality of driver's license checkpoint
State v. Turnage
First-degree burglary; sufficiency of evidence of defendant as the perpetrator of the crime of first-degree burglary
Watts v. N.C. Dep't of Env't & Natural Res.
Tort Claims Act; negligent issuance of improvement permit following faulty soil test; public duty doctrine/special duty exception
Williams v. Law Cos. Grp., Inc.
Workers' Compensation; sufficiency of medical evidence on causation
Supreme Court Opinions Filed August 27, 2008
In re T.H.T.
Adjudicatory and dispositional order awarding child's custody to father; trial court's failure to meet time limit and hearing requirements of N.C.G.S. § 7B-807(b); proper remedy is mandamus
Shaw v. U.S. Airways, Inc.
Workers' Compensation; whether employer contributions to employee pension and 401(k) account should be included when calculating plaintiff's average weekly wage under N.C.G.S. § 97-2(5)
State ex rel. Cooper v. Ridgeway Brands Mfg., LLC
Failure by tomacco manufacturer to make required payments into State-qualified escrow fund; Rules 12(b)(6) dimissal of claims against company owner based on relation-back doctrine and civil conspiracy
State v. Murrell
First-degree murder (capital/death)
State v. Styles
Alleged traffic violation; reasonable suspicion to stop vehicle; motion to suppress evidence seized in subsequent search
Supreme Court Opinions Filed June 12, 2008
Binney v. Banner Therapy Prods., Inc.
Unemployment insurance eligibility; disqualification due to discharge for alleged misconduct; standard of judicial review of Employment Sec. Comm'n decision denying benefits
Hassell v. Onslow Cty. Bd. of Educ.
Workers' Compensation; whether school teacher's generalized anxiety disorder is a compensable occupational disease
In re Appeal of Morgan
Appeal to Property Tax Comm'n from assessment of unpaid back taxes plus interest on a residence; immaterial irregularities under N.C.G.S. § 105-394
In re D.B., C.B.
Terminationof parentalrights; whether service of process was ineffective, thereby depriving trial court of subject matter jurisdiction
Pegg v. Jones
Title to real property; whether trial court made sufficient findings of fact concerning defendant's adverse possession claim