Procedure for Standing in child custody hearing, parent and child relationship, unchallenged findings of fact are binding.

employment contract; sovereign immunity; public official immunity; summary judgment; Rule 15

abused and neglected juvenile; home state of the juvenile; temporary emergency jurisdiction; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 50A-204; caretaker status; preservation; N.C. Gen. Stat. section 7B-903; statutory interpretation

Permissible scope of Terry frisk; motion to suppress; armed and dangerous; reasonable suspicion; ?plain feel? doctrine; ?immediately apparent? object; probable cause.

plain error review; Rule 403; post-arrest silence; no prejudicial error; in camera review; preservation; appellate record; motion to dismiss

resentencing; Anders review

Alford plea; restitution; restitution worksheet; contractual nature of plea agreement; prosecutor's statements; N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec.15A-1340.36.

second-degree murder; Rule 404(b); jury instructions

Breaking or entering; N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-54(a); felonious larceny; restitution award; definite and certain stipulation; motion to dismiss; sufficiency of the evidence; intent to commit larceny.

Confrontation Clause; preservation; general objection

minor special use permit; quasi-judicial decision; competent, material, and substantial evidence in the record; review factors; sufficient findings of fact; exclusion of witness testimony

Affirm; N.C. R. Civ. P. 5(b)(2); Rule 55; default judgment; issue preservation; summary judgment; 42 U.S.C. 1981; 42 U.S.C. 1983; state action, discrimination

Summary judgment; shareholder dispute; buy-out provisions in shareholder agreement; valuation of shares in medical practice; breach of fiduciary duty claim

Rule 9(j), Rule 12(b)(6), res ipsa loquitur, medical malpractice, breach of contract, N.C.G.S. s. 90-21.11.

Shooting by law enforcement officer; public official immunity; interlocutory appeal; pendent appellate jurisdiction

Rule 56 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure; summary judgment; appellate rules violations; wrongful death action; negligence; duty of care for innkeeper; special relationship establishing duty; no substantial evidence showing the essential element of breach of duty; no genuine issue of material fact.

summary judgment; Rule 41(a); voluntary dismissal; relation back; same parties; statute of limitations.

Summary judgment; condominium association; application of declaration provisions governing association's payment obligations for repair work

Rule 60(b) Motion, International Child Support, and Appellate Procedure.