Whether plaintiffs' Corum claims, which allege that restrictions imposed on bars during the COVID 19 pandemic violated the Fruits of the Their Own Labor Clause and Law of the Land Clause, are colorable such that sovereign immunity does not bar their suit.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred by vacating the neglect adjudication of a juvenile whose sibling was abused.

Whether N.C.G.S. 25A-37, the anti-referral sales statute, only protects a purchaser who shows 'inducement' and whether the trial court erred in certifying a class.

Whether plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law when his risk of being struck by a golf ball at a driving range was open and obvious.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in vacating an order of summary judgment and whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the state statutory claims.

Whether the Office of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction to decide as-applied constitutional challenges to North Carolina's tax statutes.

Whether courts interpreting state statutes must defer to the legal interpretation of the state agency responsible for implementing those statutes.

Whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, where the jury determined that homeowners' chickens were not household pets and therefore were prohibited by a restrictive covenant barring poultry.

Whether defendant voluntarily consented to law enforcement officers' search of his backpack.

Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.

Whether title to property is revested in the landowner if a government entity takes the property for a private purpose and whether the trial court may enter a mandatory injunction to restore the property to its original condition where the landowner has not requested injunctive relief in the pleadings.

permanent child custody order; constitutionally protected status as a parent; best interests of the children.

Motion to dismiss; sanctions; attorneys' fees; N.C. R. App. P. 28

joint venture; summary judgment; fiduciary duty; constructive fraud; unfair and deceptive trade practices.

DVPO; NCGS Chapter 50; competent evidence

summary judgment, patent ambiguity, priority

express easement, easements appurtenant, easements in gross, declaratory judgment, quiet title, Rule 12(c), void for vagueness, de novo, reasonable certainty, claim preclusion, issue preclusion, affirm. 

real estate brokerage; unlicensed activity; finder's fee; summary judgment; statutory construction