Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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15,933 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA21-267 (Judge Richard Dietz) , Published
Dow-Rein v. Sarle

Personal jurisdiction; specific jurisdiction; sufficiency of contacts; purposeful availment

, Court of Appeals , COA21-292 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
Mahone v. Home Fix Custom Remodeling

Industrial Commission; Workers' Compensation Act; legal standard for determining compensability of injury; attendant care benefits; Workers' Compensation Rule 614; discovery sanctions.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-157 (Judge April Wood) , Published
Medina v. Medina

Sua sponte; Rule 60(b)(1); Parenting Coordinator; Writ of Certiorari; de novo; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-99, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-92.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-151 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Green

first-degree murder; voluntary intoxication; admission of real evidence

, Court of Appeals , COA19-967-2 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Shuler

Right to remain silent; defense of duress; constitutional error; remand from Supreme Court; harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; no comment by State during closing.

, Court of Appeals , COA21-186 (Judge Jefferson Griffin) , Published
Walker-Snyder v. Snyder

Domestic violence protective order; subject-matter jurisdiction; civil summons; competent evidence of domestic violence; harassment; substantial emotional distress

, Supreme Court , 363A14-4 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
Gift Surplus, LLC v. State ex rel. Cooper

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the trial court on the basis that plaintiffs' sweepstakes game violates N.C.G.S. 14-306.4.

, Supreme Court , 342A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re A.K.

Termination of parental rights; no-merit brief.

, Supreme Court , 59A21 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re C.C.G.

Whether the trial court erred by denying a motion to continue the termination hearing; whether the trial court complied with the requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act; and whether the trial court erred by eliminating visitation in the permanency planning order.

, Supreme Court , 504A20 (Justice Tamara Barringer) , Published
In re G.D.C.C.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court erred by determining that there was a likelihood of future neglect if the child was returned to respondent's care.

, Supreme Court , 36A21 (Justice Michael Morgan) , Published
In re J.R.F.

Termination of parental rights; whether the trial court properly concluded respondent's parental rights were subject to termination under N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1); whether the trial court abused its discretion when it concluded termination was in the child's best interests.

, Supreme Court , 302A21 (Justice Paul Newby) , Published
In re K.M.S.

Termination of parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(5) (2019); no-merit review pursuant to Rule 3.1(e) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure.

, Supreme Court , 60PA21 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re K.S.

Review of Court of Appeals' decision addressing trial court's dismissal of a claim of neglect; de novo review.

, Supreme Court , 409PA20 (Justice Sam Ervin IV) , Published
Nay v. Cornerstone Staffing Sols.

Whether the Industrial Commission's calculation of the plaintiff's average weekly wages pursuant to N.C.G.S. 97-2(5) and its determination concerning whether that calculation produces results that are fair and just to both parties involve an issue of law or an issue of fact.

, Supreme Court , 337A20 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
Nobel v. Foxmoor Grp., LLC

Business investments are not 'in or affecting commerce' under the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

, Supreme Court , 286A20 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Clark

Whether the trial court committed plain error in permitting expert testimony that the victim was 'sexually abused' in the absence of physical evidence or in permitting testimony identifying the defendant as the perpetrator. Whether defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel on the face of the record.

, Supreme Court , 101PA15-3 (Justice Robin Hudson) , Published
State v. Clegg

Whether the trial court committed clear error in overruling defendant's Batson challenge.