Appellate Court Opinions

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16,095 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA20-392 (Judge April Wood) , Published
Baznik v. FCA US LLC

Motion to Dismiss; Rule 12(b)(2); Rule 12(b)(6); public official immunity; qualified immunity; sovereign immunity; North Carolina Department of Transportation; NCDOT; personal jurisdiction; public official; public employee; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 143B-345; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 143B-346; N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 136-19; de novo

, Court of Appeals , COA21-149 (Judge John Arrowood) , Published
In re: A.S.

Involuntary commitment; sufficiency of findings; N.C.G.S. 122C-268

, Court of Appeals , COA21-182 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
In re: A.W.

Parents constitutional rights; care, custody and control of child; permanency planning hearing; ceasing reunification; statutory findings; guardianship with nonparent; domestic violence.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-903 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
Phillips v. MacRae

Summary judgment; one judge overruling another; testamentary and marital family trusts; duties of trustees; spouse's elective share; factors to be 100% countable; declaratory judgment; NCGS 30-3.3A(e)(1).

, Court of Appeals , COA20-137 (Judge Chris Dillon) , Published
Poythress v. Poythress

premarital agreement, real estate, divorce, separate property, marital property, gift, intend

, Court of Appeals , COA20-758 (Judge April Wood) , Published
State v. Eddings

Motion to suppress; findings of fact; conclusions of law; search warrant; search warrant affidavit; probable cause; nexus; Fourth Amendment; fentanyl

, Court of Appeals , COA19-1171 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Garrett

N.C.G.S. ? 15A-954; motion to dismiss; due process; equal protection; cruel and unusual punishment; Raise the Age; juvenile tried as adult.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-173 (Judge Donna Stroud) , Published
State v. Jones

present recollection refreshed, prior consistent statement, jury instructions, plain error, clerical error

, Court of Appeals , COA20-764 (Judge John Tyson) , Published
State v. Lane

GPS tracking order, trafficking heroin, motion to suppress, non-owner of vehicle, probable cause, standing, common law trespass, reasonable expectation of privacy.

, Court of Appeals , COA20-850 (Judge Tobias Hampson) , Published
State v. Rodriguez

Second-degree forcible rape; Relevant evidence under Rule of Evidence 401; Prior Bad Acts under Rule of Evidence 404(b); Rule of Evidence 403

, Court of Appeals , COA20-170 (Judge Hunter Murphy) , Published
State v. Royster

Reasonable articulable suspicion; anonymous tip, totality of the circumstances; investigatory stop; prior charge; flight; reaching.

, Supreme Court , 429A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
Bandy v. A Perfect Fit For You, Inc.

Whether the Business Court erred by entering an order which refused to authorize payment of fees to an attorney who performed legal services for a receiver solely because the Business Court believed the attorney violated a prior order establishing the procedure for seeking authorization of fee payments. Whether an attorney for a receiver may recoup fees for work performed in relation to litigation arising from the trial court's prior denial of authorization to pay fees.

, Supreme Court , 56PA20 (Per Curiam) , Published
Copeland v. Amward Homes of N.C., Inc.

Whether a real estate developer has a duty to sequence development or conduct mass grading; whether a real estate developer has a duty to protect against the negligence of a third party.

, Supreme Court , 460A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re B.R.L.

Whether clear and convincing evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that respondent willfully abandoned the juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(7) and whether the trial court failed to make findings of the likelihood of future neglect pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111(a)(1) in concluding grounds existed to terminate parental rights.

, Supreme Court , 471A20 (Justice Anita Earls) , Published
In re O.E.M.

Appeal from order terminating respondent-father's parental rights; whether the trial court erred by terminating respondent-father's parental rights despite Department of Social Service's failure to verify a motion in the cause seeking termination of a father's parental rights pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1104.

, Supreme Court , 416A20 (Justice Phil Berger Jr.) , Published
In re Z.M.T.

Appeal from orders terminating respondent's parental rights; whether respondent received ineffective assistance of counsel.