Breach of contract; Session Law 2013-186; Termination of contract with State; Contract Clause; Takings Clause; Bill of Attainder; Implied covenant of quiet enjoyment; Failure to obtain proper service does not toll statute of limitations after voluntary dismissal.

summary judgment conducted at bench trial, motion to dismiss

Tracking dog; purebred hound; admissibility of evidence; McLeod factors; reliability.

Traffic stop; Search and seizure; Motion to suppress

motion to suppress; possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana; knock and talk; 4th Amendment

assault; assault with deadly weapon; jury instruction; plain error; pattern jury instruction; bodily injury; offensive conduct; death; serious bodily injury; reasonable belief; self-defense

Automobile negligence; medical liens; fair medical billing statute; effect of failing to bill patient's health insurer on recovery of medical charges through patient's tort judgment

Whether the State presented sufficient evidence to survive defendant's motions to dismiss a charge of maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping or selling a controlled substance.

Appeal from conviction for second-degree murder; whether the evidence, although conflicting, was sufficient to satisfy defendant's burden to submit the issue of self-defense to the jury; whether the trial court erred in not submitting the instruction.

Appeal from order and opinion of N.C. Business Court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for antitrust and related violations because of plaintiffs' failure to properly plead that defendants have market power within the relevant market.

Appeal from orders and opinions of N.C. Business Court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for antitrust and related violations because of plaintiffs' failure to properly plead that defendants have market power within the relevant market.

Dispute between a municipality and property owners over the Town's taking of a temporary easement in privately owned oceanfront property for a beach nourishment project; amount of compensation due the property owners; expert testimony on value of the interest taken; whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's determination of the amount to be awarded the property owners.

Ineffective assistance of counsel
Adequate review

termination of parental rights, ineffective assistance of counsel

Negligence; Contributory Negligence; Last Clear Chance; Summary Judgement

expert testimony, accident reconstruction

indecent liberties; sex offender; satellite-based monitoring; totality of the circumstances; empirical data; hearing; Grady

Rule 2, discharging a firearm into occupied dwelling, assault, indictment