North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure

Personal property valuation; appeal to Property Tax Commission; whether taxpayer has burden of proof or of production under In re AMP

Review of recommendation for judicial censure

Minor child; adjudication of neglect & dispositional order ceasing reunification efforts; whether clear and convincing evidence supported findings of fact on which both order were based.

Juvenile petition alleging dependency; whether DSS offered sufficient proof of issuance of summons to establish trial court's subject matter jurisdiction over the case

Case dismissed on appeal for violations of N.C. R. App. P. 10(c)(1)

Following award of benefits to employee of uninsured subcontractor, whether Indus. Comm'n has exclusive jurisdiction over declaratory judgment action to determine defendants' liability to plaintiff as third-party beneficiary of a contract to provide workers' comp coverage to subcontractor's employees

Class action; sale of single premium credit insurance in conjunction with mortgage loans; claims based on breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing; calculating treble damages for UDTP claims when borrower has received a premium refund

Judicial determination of aggravating factor; Blakely v. Washington & State v. Blackwell

Order denying motion to suppress evidence seized from defendant's residence; whether defendant's appeal from the order complied with Rules of Appellate Procedure

Sentencing proceeding; whether clerk's comment regarding trial court's failure to specify whether defendant's sentences were to run concurrently or consecutively violated N.C.G.S. § 15A-1334(b)

Whether trial judge has authority to declare a case noncapital following a Rule 24 pretrial hearing

Failure to register as a sex offender; whether double jeopardy applies to a post-release supervision and parole revocation hearing

Subdivision covemant limiting each lot to one single family dwelling; whether this structural restriction also restricts occupancy of the dwelling to a single family

Workers' Compensation; whether evidence supports findings on natural progression of claimant's work-related injury

Whether punitive damages can be recovered from a deceased defendant's estate

Termination of parental rights as to juvenile who was previous NC resident but lived out of state when termination petition was filed; application of sections 7B-1101 and 50A-202

Juvenile proceedings culminating in termination of parental rights; whether N.C.G.S. § 7B-601(a) requirements for GAL representation for children were met

Dependent children; permanency planning review; whether high cost of implementing reunification can support an order to cease reunification efforts; whether guardian ad litem should have been appointed for the mother; prejudicial effect of failure to meet statutory time limit to enter order