Whether payments made pursuant to an agreement between the Attorney General's Office and major hog producers constitute 'penalties' subject to article IX, section 7 of the North Carolina Constitution.

Conditional Use Permits; Whether the City of Asheville properly denied a developer's application for a conditional use permit to build a hotel in downtown Asheville; Whether a local government may independently assess an application for a conditional use permit and make findings of fact that support denying that permit when no one offers evidence in opposition to that permit or, alternatively, whether a developer is automatically entitled to the issuance of a conditional use permit when no one presents evidence in opposition to the permit.

Medical malpractice 9(j) certification; medical expert willing to testify; facially valid 9(j) certificate

Whether the Business Court erred in denying the tax refund claim as procedurally defective because the taxpayer changed the basis of its refund.

Appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeals holding that defendant could only be convicted of a single count of possession of a firearm on educational property, despite his simultaneous possession of five firearms.

Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it overruled defendant's objections during the prosecutor's closing argument.

Whether (1) defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of the State's evidence were preserved; (2) the State presented sufficient evidence that defendant aided and abetted; and (3) the State presented sufficient evidence that defendant obtained a 'thing of value' as defined under N.C.G.S. 14-100.

Whether there is an irreconcilable conflict between N.C.G.S. 160A-360(e) and N.C.G.S. 160A-360(f), as amended by Session Law 1999-35, that invalidates the applicability of subsection (e).

motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict under Rule 50 of North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; sufficiency of evidence for submission to jury where no evidence was presented during trial that anyone other than named beneficiary of retirement accounts was beneficiary of accounts

Cancellation of insurance policy; breach of contract; unfair and deceptive trade practices; motion in limine; appraisal as condition precedent; directed verdict following denial of summary judgment; exclusion of expert witness; NCGS 58-63-15; grounds for appellate review; sanctions.

Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, Calculation of Damages, Amended Counterclaim

Justiciability; Exceptions to Mootness; Collateral Consequences; Public Interest; Capable of Repetition Yet Evading Review

sufficient findings of fact to support the conclusion of dangerous to self; entry of a commitment period which exceeded the statutory maximum was impermissible

ICWA, ICWA Notification, Remand

insufficient evidence to support findings of fact; findings of fact failed to support the conclusion that respondent was dangerous to self

motion to set aside bond forfeiture; unauthorized practice of law within meaning of Section 84-5; sanctions reversed.

Probation, willful absconding

AWDWISI, charge conference, motion to dismiss, deadly weapon

satellite-based monitoring; sex offender; Fourth Amendment; remanded for reconsideration in light of State v. Grady