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Supreme Court Opinions Filed August 22, 2025
Cutter v. Vojnovic
Whether the Business Court erred in granting a motion for partial judgment on the pleadings, granting a motion to strike portions of an affidavit on summary judgment, and disregarding a purported expert report on summary judgment; and whether the Business Court erred in granting a motion for summary judgment, because a partnership did not exist.
Devalle v. N.C. Sheriffs' Educ. & Training Standards Comm'n
Whether the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission arbitrarily or capriciously denied petitioner's application for justice officer certification upon concluding that he lacked the good moral character required of deputy sheriffs.
Durbin v. Durbin
Whether escalating conflict and an unwillingness to communicate for the welfare of the child constitutes a substantial change in circumstances supporting a modification of a child custody order.
Howell v. Cooper
Whether plaintiffs' Corum claims, which allege that restrictions imposed on bars during the COVID 19 pandemic violated the Fruits of the Their Own Labor Clause and Law of the Land Clause, are colorable such that sovereign immunity does not bar their suit.
In re E.H. & R.H.
Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating the neglect adjudication of a juvenile whose sibling was abused.
Jackson v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Whether N.C.G.S. 25A-37, the anti-referral sales statute, only protects a purchaser who shows 'inducement' and whether the trial court erred in certifying a class.
Moseley v. Hendricks
Whether plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law when his risk of being struck by a golf ball at a driving range was open and obvious.
N.C. Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating an order of summary judgment and whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the state statutory claims.
N.C. Dep't of Revenue v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Whether the Office of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction to decide as-applied constitutional challenges to North Carolina's tax statutes.
Savage v. N.C. Dep't of Transp.
Whether courts interpreting state statutes must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for implementing those statutes.
Schroeder v. Oak Grove Farm Homeowners Ass'n
Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, where the jury determined that homeowners' chickens were not household pets and therefore were prohibited by a restrictive covenant barring poultry.
State v. Wright
Whether defendant voluntarily consented to law enforcement officers' search of his backpack.
Town of Apex v. Rubin
Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.
Town of Apex v. Rubin
Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.
Court of Appeals Published Opinions Filed August 20, 2025
Court of Appeals Unpublished Opinions Filed August 20, 2025
Barber v. Driggers
permanent child custody order; constitutionally protected status as a parent; best interests of the children.
Bard v. Rampel
Motion to dismiss; sanctions; attorneys' fees; N.C. R. App. P. 28
Barefoot v. Durham Cnty.
summary judgment, conservation subdivisions, ordonance