Whether the six-year statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging injury to incorporeal hereditaments barred plaintiff's action to enforce its easement rights against an alleged encroachment by defendant.

In applying federal housing and case law, whether a public housing authority must exercise discretion in pursuing eviction of tenant for a lease violation; whether proof that eviction is not unconscionable is required in a summary ejectment proceeding under North Carolina law.

Whether Town of Carthage has municipal authority to charge impact fees on landowners for future water and sewer system expansion when an owner subdivides its property.

Whether the Court of Appeals has subject matter jurisdiction to issue a writ of certiorari to review a trial court's order granting defendant appropriate relief on the trial court's own motion.

Whether, at a hearing on plaintiff's complaint and motion for issuance of a domestic violence protective order, the trial court violated defendant's Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court's findings of fact supported its conclusions of law that respondent-mother's parental rights should be terminated under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) and (a)(2).

Whether the improvement, development, and subdivision restrictions imposed on plaintiffs' property under the Map Act, by which NCDOT identifies corridors that may be used for possible future transportation projects, amount to a taking by eminent domain.

Action under N.C. Wage & Hour Act for payment of patent bonuses to former employee; whether employee was entitled to elect to rescind certain patent assignments in lieu of damages awarded by a jury and the trial court.

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. 14-458.1(a)(1)(d), prohibiting cyber-bullying.

When defendant was questioned by police while he was involuntarily committed, whether he was in custody and required to receive Miranda warnings; whether defendant's statements were made voluntarily.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding expert witness testimony offered by defendant, pursuant to amended Rule of Evidence 702(a).

Whether a local school board is required to share certain program funds received from the federal government with public charter schools that enroll students who live in that same school administrative unit.

Appeal from three-judge panel decision declaring facially unconstitutional a law permitting the voters to decide on retention of an incumbent Justice of the N.C. Supreme Court.

Petition by purchaser of undivided one-half interest in land to partition the property; whether respondent cotenants acquired sole title to the property via their ancestor's constructive ouster of all others having an ownership interest in the land.

Constitutionality of repeal in 2013 of public school teachers' Career Status Law; challenges based on Contract Clause of the Federal Constitution and Law of the Land Clause of the N.C. Constitution.

Whether a plaintiff who waited seven years after filing her initial complaint for child custody and support to prosecute her claim for child support waived her right to past child support during that seven-year interim.