North Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 2022
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 119PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that the trial court complied with the procedure implemented in N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1201(d)(1) by the legislature for the trial court to consent…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 180PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Industrial Commission dismissing Shannon Stocks's claim for death benefits, holding that Stocks - the decedent's alleged, cohabitating fiancee - lacked a legally-recognized…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 182PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's judgments revoking Defendant's probation entered more than one year after Defendant's term of probation had expired, holding…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 18A22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals upholding Defendant's conviction for violating N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-208.11(a)(4) and remanded the case to the court of appeals for further remand to vacate…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 20PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the court of appeals' decision affirming in part and dismissing in part the judgment of the trial court determining that Insurers were obligated to defend and…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 216A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the trial court permitting Father's court-appointed counsel to withdraw from representing Father in the case proceedings and the trial court's order ceasing efforts to reunify…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 21A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals dismissing the complaint in this case involving the removal of a Confederate monument with prejudice, holding that dismissal…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 228A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's entry of summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs and holding that eight of nine restrictive covenants governing Plaintiffs' lots…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 248A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court determining that Defendant's behavior was sufficiently egregious to warrant the forfeiture of her right to…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 251A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed portions of the court of appeals' opinion that found error in certain portions of the trial court's order eliminating reunification as a permanent plan and ceasing further review hearings in a…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 276A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing one of Defendant's convictions for first-degree kidnapping for lack of sufficient evidence, holding that the trial court erred by denying…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 29PA22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals ruling that the trial court did not commit plain error by allowing the admission of testimony describing certain information provided by the…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 308A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that the proceedings below did not result in a due process violation but reversed the court of appeals' decision to affirm the order of the trial…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 313A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals that Respondent's due process rights were not violated in the proceedings which led to the trial court's conclusion that Respondent had a mental illness and…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 317A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the trial court did not violate Defendant's due process rights by proceeding with Defendant's involuntary commitment hearing when Defendant was not represented by counsel and that the trial…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 339A21
Justia Opinion Summary: In this interlocutory appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court compelling discovery pursuant to N.C. R. Civ. P. 37, holding that the trial court was not required to make findings of fact to support…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 342PA19-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court finding that Senate Bill 824 (S.B. 824), the statute enacted to require that every voter present one of a few specific forms of photo identification, was enacted…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 364PA19
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the trial court summarily denying the City of Greensboro's request that the trial court modify restrictions it imposed upon the…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 36A22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the Industrial Commission denying the Department's motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' claims arising from certain regulatory actions…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 395A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals finding no error in Defendant's sentences, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to reduce Defendant's sentence due to…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 407A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the business court concluding that the sales of printed materials produced by Petitioner, which was based in Wisconsin, out of state and shipped to its North Carolina customers…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 41A22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's conviction of second-degree murder on the grounds that the trial court committed prejudicial error by declining to deliver Defendant's…
Date: December 16, 2022
Docket Number: 9A22
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that a deceased employee's prior timely filing of a workers' compensation claim for an injury was sufficient to establish the Industrial Commission's jurisdiction over a dependent's subsequent…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 102A20-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of the court of appeals remanding this case to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law on Defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 13PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's conviction of felony obstructing of justice, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict finding Defendant…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 165A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court denying the motion for class certification brought by Plaintiffs, inmates in North Carolina Department of Public Safety (DPS) custody, seeking to represent certain…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 240PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals vacating the trial court's order authorizing sale and remanded the case, holding that the condominium association Executive Office Park of Durham…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 294A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals determining that the trial court committed prejudicial error in denying Defendant's request for a jury instruction on justification as a defense to the…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 382A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals ruling that Defendant waived the right to appellate review of the trial court's denial of Defendant's request for a self-defense instruction,…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 393PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing in part and vacating in part the trial court's adjudication of abuse, neglect, and dependency and eliminating reunification efforts with…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 425A21-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court exercised is constitutional power to address constitutional violations through equitable remedies by affirming and reinstating the trial court's directive instructing certain State officials to transfer…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 436A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause allows North Carolina courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over companies that received millions of dollars in assets by E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company (Old…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 457PA19-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the trial court granting Defendants' motion to dismiss this action brought against Troy University, an accredited, four-year state university with several campuses in Alabama and…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 485PA19
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals vacating the judgments entered upon Defendant's convictions for multiple serious felonies, including first-degree murder, holding that the record did not…
Date: November 4, 2022
Docket Number: 54A19-3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified the decision of the court of appeal affirming the denial of Defendant's petition for a writ of certiorari to the extent that this Court affirms the outcome reached by the lower appellate court…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 222PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the trial court's denial of Harnett Health Systems, Inc.'s motion to dismiss this medical malpractice complaint for failure to comply with Rule…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 261A18-3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals that reversed the order of the trial court declaring void two challenged amendments to the North Carolina Constitution, holding that the trial court should…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 306A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals determining that the trial court correctly denied Defendant's motion for a transcript of a prior trial and a motion to continue, holding that the trial…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 325A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the orders of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her three children, holding that the trial court failed to make necessary determinations to support the adjudication of…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 331PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the opinion rendered by the court of appeals affirming the trial court's judgment entered upon the jury's verdict in favor of Defendants in this medical malpractice case, holding that it is…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 390A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the trial court denying Nation Ford Baptist Church Inc.'s (Church) motion to dismiss the underlying…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 47PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the Town of Weddington was protected from Providence Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.'s fraud-related claims based upon the doctrine of governmental immunity and that Mayor Deter was protected…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 488PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case involving the extent of a a trustee's duties and powers concerning litigation challenging trust amendments the Supreme Court held that the subject trustee had the power to defend the litigation and that the…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Numbers: 62PA21, 63PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the trial court granting the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by defendant Harnett County and dismissing the claims…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 683A05-3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming an order of the superior court resentencing Defendant on his first-degree murder conviction to life with the possibility of parole…
Date: August 19, 2022
Docket Number: 85PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals upholding the revocation of Defendant's probation, holding that Defendant's confrontation argument under N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-1345(e) was not…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 110A19-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights, holding that a substitute judge may not make new factual findings or conclusions of law under Rule 52 and Rule 63 of the North…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 137A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating the parental rights of Parents to their minor children, holding that the arguments Parents raised on appeal were meritless. After a hearing over the…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 176A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and remanded in part a permanency planning order of the trial court eliminating reunification as a permanent plan, holding that remand was required. Father appealed from an order of…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 195A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court terminating Parents' parental rights to their three children, holding that Father was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. Following four…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 260A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights in his three children, holding that the findings supported the trial court's conclusion that grounds existed under N.C. Gen.…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 269A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her three children and an order terminating Father's parental rights to one of those children, holding that the trial court…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 288A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating Parents' parental rights in their twin sons, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings below. After a hearing, the…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 303A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her three minor children, holding that the trial court's adjudication of neglect was supported by clear, cogent, and…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 305A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order entered by the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her daughter, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in the proceedings below. The Cabarrus County…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 341A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her two minor children, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in the proceedings below. The Henderson…
Date: July 15, 2022
Docket Number: 348A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court dismissing Mother's petition seeking to have the parental rights of Father to the parties' three children terminated, holding that the trial court did not err in…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 147A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his minor child, holding that the trial court erred in adjudicating the existence of grounds to support a termination of…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 181A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction this breach of contract matter, holding that the trial court did not err in denying…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 186A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her minor child, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in terminating Mother's parental rights. After a…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 207A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her minor child, holding that the termination order was properly entered pursuant to Rules 52 and 53 of the North Carolina…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 214A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to Belmont Association, Inc. on its claim for injunctive relief and dismissing Defendants'…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 24A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to three of her minor children, holding that the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion in terminating Mother's…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 261A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the orders of the trial court denying Mother's petitions to terminate the parental rights of Father to the parties' two children, holding that the trial court's findings of fact were…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 27A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion to suppress, holding that the trial court's findings of fact were supported by competent evidence…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 298A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss and vacating the judgment entered in the superior court convicting Defendant of…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 33A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment in favor of Plaintiffs in this negligence action, holding that the court of appeals erred. Plaintiffs, an elderly infirm couple,…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 359A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court partially denying Officer Matt Blackman's motion for summary judgment with respect to Bruce Bartley's claims against him in his individual capacity based on the…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 379PA18-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decision of the court of appeals dismissing Defendant's appeal of his conviction for two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, holding that the trial court erred in denying Defendant's…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 43A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the district court concluding that Plaintiff was entitled to "reasonable attorney's fees" on appeal from a decision of the magistrate…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 441A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to the juvenile who was the focus of this matter, holding that Stepmother had standing to initiate the termination action and…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 442PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that Defendant's sentence violated the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, holding that it violates both the Eighth…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 477A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the North Carolina Utilities Commission addressing Dominion Energy North Carolina's application for a general increase in its North Carolina retail rates, holding that Dominion's…
Date: June 17, 2022
Docket Number: 64A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that juvenile offenders who have received sentences of life imprisonment with the possibility for parole must have the opportunity to seek an early release afforded by the prospect of parole after…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 123A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court remanded this termination of parental rights matter for further proceedings, holding that the findings of fact supported by clear, cogent and convincing evidence in the record were insufficient to…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 132PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals vacating the trial court's planning order in this case and remanding the case for additional findings, holding that the court of appeals did not err in…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 138A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the superior court terminating Father's parental rights to his son, holding that the trial court's denial of Father's motion to continue the adjudicatory hearing undermined the…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 141A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her minor child holding that the trial court did not err. The Department of Social Services petitioned to terminate…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 141PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the superior court dismissing Plaintiff's lawsuit against Defendants asserting claims under North Carolina's Uniform…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 191A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his minor child, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion. After a termination hearing, the trial court…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 217A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her two children, Lucy and Joseph, holding that there was no error. Petitioners, court-appointed custodians of the two…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 26A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order of the trial court dismissing Plaintiff's claims with prejudice and remanding the case to the trial court to give the parties an…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 274A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her son, Scott, holding that the evidence supported the trial court's conclusion that termination of Mother's parental…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 28A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals vacating the order of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss, holding that the trial court did not err. Defendant was charged with one count…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 30A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals vacating Defendant's conviction for driving while impaired, holding that even if the admission of certain testimony was erroneous under N.C. R. Evid. 701,…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 310A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming in part and reversing in part a permanency planning order awarding legal guardianship of Mother's two minor children to Grandmother, holding that…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 328A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his minor child Becky, holding that the trial court did not err in adjudicating that a ground existed to terminate Father's…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 457PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the order of the trial court and vacating Defendant's convictions on the grounds that the delay in his case was…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 465A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying Plaintiff relief on her claim for disability compensation from…
Date: May 6, 2022
Docket Number: 533A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified the decision of the court of appeals, which held that the trial court lacked a sufficient factual basis to accept Defendant's guilty plea, holding that the trial court lacked a sufficient…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 113A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights in his three children based on neglect and failure to show reasonable progress in correcting the conditions that led to the…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 121PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her two minor children, holding that the trial court did not err in determining that there was a likelihood of a repetition…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 149A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father to their minor child T.B., holding that there was no error. After a termination hearing, the trial court…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 154A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating the parental rights of Father to two of his juvenile children, holding that clear, cogent, and convincing evidence supported the trial court's…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 155A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her two children, holding that there was no error. After a termination hearing, the trial court determined that grounds…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 166A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the trial court terminating the parental rights of Parents to two of their children, holding that the trial court's order contained an incorrect statement of the applicable…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 208A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights in his child, holding that there was no error. After a termination hearing, the trial court entered an order terminating…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 215A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his daughter, holding that the trial court did not err in terminating Father's parental rights. After a termination…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 227A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her daughter, holding that there was no error. After a termination hearing, the trial court determined that grounds…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 249A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her minor child, holding that the trial court did not commit reversible error in concluding that grounds existed to…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 266A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his daughter, holding that the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to terminate Father's parental rights. After a…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 268A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his minor child, Daniel, holding that there was no merit to Father's arguments on appeal. After a termination hearing, the…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 301A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to Rob, holding that there was no error. After a termination hearing, the trial court terminated Father's parental rights to…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 534A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Parents' parental rights to their daughter, holding that the trial court did not err in concluding that it was in the child's best interests to…
Date: March 18, 2022
Docket Number: 90A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his child, holding that the trial court did not err in finding past neglect or in determining that there was a likelihood of…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 133PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon and his sentence of life imprisonment without parole, holding…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 18A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the ruling of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's denial of Plaintiff's N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 50B domestic violence protective orders (DVPO) complaint, holding that…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 20PA19-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order of the superior court (MAR court) granting Defendant's motion for appropriate relief (MAR) and awarding him a new trial, holding that…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 234PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that Defendant had failed to make the showing of materiality necessary to support an award of postconviction DNA testing, holding that there was…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 260A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order of the trial court denying Defendant's motion for appropriate relief (MAR) and supplemental motion for appropriate relief (supplemental…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 376A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in this complex business dispute, holding that neither party successfully demonstrated a substantial right that had been affected or that an error likely…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 3A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the superior court affirming the decision of the Board of Review for the North Carolina Department of Commerce adopting the decision…
Date: March 11, 2022
Docket Number: 436PA13-4
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the court of appeals erred in concluding that more than 220,000 former State employees (the Retirees) possessed no vested rights within the meaning of the Contracts Clause to the benefit of…
Date: February 14, 2022
Docket Number: 413PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the trial court allowing certain districting maps to stand, holding that the enacted maps violated several rights guaranteed to the people by the North Carolina…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 101PA15-3
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated Defendant's conviction for robbery with a dangerous weapon, holding that the prosecutor's exclusion of an African-American potential juror constituted a substantive violation of Defendant's…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 180A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the trial court concluding that Defendant had committed the revocable probation violation of absconding, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in revoking…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 270PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's convictions for first-degree murder, felonious speeding to elude arrest, and robbery with a dangerous weapon, holding…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 286A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals upholding Defendant's conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child, holding that the case must be remanded for a new…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 302A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to his daughter, holding that the trial court's order terminating Father's parental rights was supported by clear, cogent and…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 337A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the trial court concluding that Plaintiff's claims were beyond the scope of the North Carolina Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 339A18-2
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial court and remanded this case for further remand to the superior court with instructions to reinstate its earlier order granting summary…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 342A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Father's parental rights to Alice, a minor child, holding that the issues identified by Father's counsel as arguably supporting an appeal were…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 363A14-4
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that chance predominated over skill in Plaintiffs' new video game and, therefore, this game was a game of chance that violated N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-306.4, which prohibits the operation of sweepstakes…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 36A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court that terminated the parental rights of Father to Ronnie, a minor child, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion. After a hearing, the trial court…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 385PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing in part and vacating in part Defendant's convictions for insufficient evidence, holding that the court of appeals erred. After a jury trial,…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 409PA20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals holding that the decision of the North Carolina Industrial Commission should be reversed and this case remanded to the Commission for…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 467A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the ruling of the court of appeals finding no prejudicial error in the criminal proceedings resulting in Defendant's conviction for second-degree forcible rape and first-degree…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 504A20
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights in her minor child, holding that Mother was not entitled to her allegations of error. The Department of Social Services (DSS)…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 59A21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court terminating Mother's parental rights to her daughter, Carrie, and the trial court's earlier permanency-planning order that eliminated reunification from Carrie's…
Date: February 11, 2022
Docket Number: 60PA21
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming in part and reversing in part the judgment of the trial court finding that the evidence presented was sufficient to support an adjudication of…
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