Motion to Suppress; Miranda Rights

Confrontation Clause; Plain error review; preservation of issues for appellate review

Motion to Suppress; Reasonable Suspicion; Protective Search

Appeal as of Right Under N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1444; Withdrawal of Plea; Inconsistent Sentence Under N.C. Gen. Stat.15A-1024; Manifest Injustice; Abuse of Discretion in Imposing Fine; Excessive Fines Clause

Breach of contract; novation; statute of limitations; motion to dismiss; continuous violation; UDTP claim

Rule 9(j) certification

Rule 12(b)(6); defamation; absolute privilege

Inverse condemnation; eminent domain; claims directly under constitution

Interlocutory appeals; substantial right

Whether a statute involuntarily transferring the assets and debts of the City's water system to a metropolitan sewer authority violated Article II, Section 24 of the North Carolina Constitution.

Action by tobacco growers alleging breach of contract and other claims; whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiffs' motion for class certification.

Interlocutory appeal from decision from N.C. Business Court overruling defendant's opposition to designation of this action as a mandatory complex business case.

Whether Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(1) applies to non-judicial foreclosure actions under power of sale; whether a lender who files two voluntary dismissals of foreclosure actions based on the same promissory note and deed of trust is barred from filing a third power-of-sale foreclosure action.

Under non-judicial foreclosure by power of sale under deed of trust, whether the successor trustee established its right to foreclose.

Review of recommendation for public reprimand.

Whether Midrex Technologies is entitled to an income and franchise tax refund as an excluded corporation as defined in N.C.G.S. 105-130.4(a)(4).

Whether the N.C. State Bar has jurisdiction to discipline a sitting judge who has already been disciplined by the Judicial Standards Commission for the same conduct while in public office.

Workers' Compensation; whether the Industrial Commission exceeded its statutory authority by adopting and utilizing Form 63, allowing employers investigating a claim to pay medical benefits only without prejudice to end further benefits if the claim is later denied.