At-will employee who received a no-retaliation letter after he was hired; whether sufficient consideration supported the letter and established the contractual relationship exception to employee's at-will status

Whether mother can obtain a paternity test under N.C.G.S. Sec. 8-50.1 after a previous judicial determination of paternity

Juvenile; adjudication of delinquency; denial of motion to suppress incriminating statements made when student was questioned by police and a school principal

Whether a prenuptial agreement executed in California continued to be governed by California law after the parties moved to North Carolina

Appeal from JNOV in defendant's favor as to plaintiff's punitive damages claim

Whether Utils. Comm'n has jurisdiction to determine siting of an electrical transmission line carrying less than 161 kV; N.C.G.S. Secs. 62-42 & -106

Reasonable suspicion to frisk defendant for weapons; motion to suppress contraband seized during the frisk

First-degree murder (capital/death)

Whether tobacco companies must continue payments to non-quota farmers under a private Trust Agreement predating the enactmen of federal buy-out legislation implementing company-funded payments to tobacco quota holders and producers of quota tobacco

Whether rules of civil procedure apply to court proceedings to enforce a summons issued by N.C. Revenue Dep't

Whether covenants imposing service charges on property owners are 'reasonable' and 'sufficiently definite'

Whether N.C.G.S. � 14-2 (1974) defines a life sentence as an eighty year sentence for all purposes and not just for parole eligibility

Competence to stand trial

Probable cause or reasonable suspicion to conduct warrantless search of defendant's vehicle based on information provided by an informant; motion to suppress evidence seized

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. Sec. 115C-431 procedures to resolve funding disputes between local school boards and county commissioners

Whether 'one person, one vote' requirement established in Stephenson v. Bartlett applies to superior court judicial districts

Constitutionality of N.C.G.S. � 14-415.1 amendment barring all felons from possessing firearms anywhere