Supreme Court of North Carolina, 2003

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Campbell v. Anderson 2003
State v. Donevan 2003
Slavin v. Town of Oak Island 2003
State v. Leak 2003
In re Laney 2003
Teague v. Isenhower 2003
State v. Parker 2003
Conseco Fin. Servicing Corp. v. Home City, Ltd. 2003
Bass v. Durham Cty. Hosp. Corp. 2003
Ashton v. City of Concord 2003
Johnson v. Herbies Place 2003
Howerton v. Arai Helmet, Ltd. 2003
Suttles v. Southeastern Health Facil. 2003
State v. Hartman 2003
State v. Brewer 2003
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RICHARD ALLEN STOKES 2003-03-10
ASHLEY STEPHENSON, individually, and as a resident and registered voter of Beaufort County, North Carolina; LEO DAUGHTRY, individually, and as Representative for the 95th District, North Carolina House of Representatives; PATRICK BALLANTINE, individually, and as Senator for the 4th District, North Carolina Senate; ART POPE, individually, and as Representative for the 61st District, North Carolina House of Representatives; and BILL COBEY, individually, and as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated v. GARY O. BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the State Board of Elections; LARRY LEAKE, ROBERT B. CORDLE, GENEVIEVE C. SIMS, LORRAINE G. SHINN, and CHARLES WINFREE, as members of the State Board of Elections; JAMES B. BLACK, as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; MICHAEL EASLEY, as Governor of the State of North Carolina; and ROY COOPER, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina 2003-03-14
Rhyne v. K-Mart Corp. 2003-03-27
State v. Bryant 2003-03-27
Blankenship v. Town & Country Ford, Inc. 2003-03-27
State v. Strickland 2003-03-27
Structural Components Intl, Inc. v. City of Charlotte 2003-03-27
Toomer v. Garrett 2003-03-27
State v. Banner 2003-03-27
State v. Tucker 2003-03-27
Suarez v. Wotring 2003-03-27
Atkins v. Kelly Springfield Tire Co. 2003-03-27
Tuckett v. Guerrier 2003-03-27
Howard v. Vaughn 2003-03-27
State v. Taylor 2003-03-27
Bond v. State 2003-03-27
Brown v. N.C. Div. of Motor Vehicles 2003-03-27
State v. Bullock 2003-03-27
State v. Pasour 2003-03-27
State v. Thomas 2003-03-27
State v. Safrit 2003-03-27
Brevorka v. Wolfe Constr., Inc. 2003-03-27
In re Request for Declaratory Ruling by the Envtl. Mgmt. Commn 2003-03-27
Plummer v. Community Gen. Hosp. of Thomasville, Inc. 2003-03-27
Icardi v. Celeris Corp. 2003-03-27
Seymour v. Lenoir Cty. 2003-03-27
County of Wake v. N.C. Dept Envt & Natural Res. 2003-03-27
State v. Goodman 2003-03-27
State v. Henderson 2003-03-27
In re Will of Campbell 2003-03-27
Huntley v. Howard Lisk Co. 2003-03-27
State ex rel. Utils. Commn v. Thrifty Call, Inc. 2003-03-27
Holcomb v. Colonial Assocs., L.L.C. 2003-03-27
State v. Wiggins 2003-03-27
Vares v. Vares 2003-03-27
Campbell v. N.C. Dept of Transp. 2003-03-27
Walker v. Lake River Lawn & Garden 2003-03-27
State v. Stubbs 2003-03-27
State v. Adams 2003-03-27
McNeely v. Bollinger 2003-03-27
Bessemer City Express, Inc. v. City of Kings Mountain 2003-03-27
American Woodland Indus., Inc. v. Tolson 2003-03-27
N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Holt 2003-03-27
Overton v. Purvis 2003-03-27
Myers v. Mutton 2003-03-27
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARVIN EARL WILLIAMS, JR. 2003-03-28
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. WILLIAM JASPER GOODMAN, JR. 2003-03-28
GOVERNORS CLUB, INC., a North Carolina non-profit corporation, and ROBERT L. ALPERT, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated members of Governors Club, Inc. v. GOVERNORS CLUB LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, GOVERNORS CLUB DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a North Carolina corporation, ESTATE OF TRUBY J. PROCTOR, JR., and KIRK J. BRADLEY 2003-03-28
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHRIS WILLIAMS 2003-03-28
RALPH G. WILLEY, Guardian Ad Litem for ELIZABETH MULLINS, Minor Daughter of WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS, Deceased, Employee v. WILLIAMSON PRODUCE, Employer, THE GOFF GROUP, Carrier 2003-03-28
SHAWN PATRICK KNIGHT, Employee v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Employer and INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Carrier 2003-03-28
KATHY F. GOODWIN v. WILLIAM R. WEBB, JR., as Executor of the Estate of Claudius Kress Goodwin, Deceased 2003-03-28
RICHARD D. SIBLEY, Petitioner v. THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF THERAPY EXAMINERS, Respondent 2003-03-28
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JIM EDWARD HASELDEN 2003-03-28
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DARLON DILLON KINLOCK 2003-03-28
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DUDLEY CEDRICK WEBB 2003-04-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROMAN GUITIERREZ RUBIO 2003-04-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARVIN JUNIOR KELLY 2003-04-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JOHN WALTER McNEIL 2003-04-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. DUDLEY CEDRICK WEBB 2003-04-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CLAYTON DRAPER 2003-04-11
RPR & Assocs., Inc. v. University of N.C. Chapel Hill 2003-05-01
State v. Meyer 2003-05-01
State v. Mitchell 2003-05-01
Allen v. N.C. Dept of Health & Human Servs. 2003-05-01
Leatherwood v. Ehlinger 2003-05-01
McDuffie v. Mitchell 2003-05-01
Nudelman v. J.A. Booe Bldg. Contrr, Inc. 2003-05-01
Robertson v. Robertson 2003-05-01
Smileys Plumbing Co. v. PFP One, Inc. 2003-05-01
Gregory v. Kilbride 2003-05-01
In re Jackson 2003-05-01
State v. Wade 2003-05-01
State v. McManus 2003-05-01
Paquette v. County of Durham 2003-05-01
State v. Willoughby 2003-05-01
Hayes v. Rogers 2003-05-01
In re Scharfenberger 2003-05-01
Porter v. American Credit Counselors Corp. 2003-05-01
Harrison v. Lucent Technologies 2003-05-01
Keffer v. Keffer 2003-05-01
State v. Cockerham 2003-05-01
State v. Love 2003-05-01
State v. Barrett 2003-05-01
Boyce & Isley v. Cooper 2003-05-01
Teasley v. Beck 2003-05-01
State v. Pratt 2003-05-01
State v. Hensley 2003-05-01
Sudds v. Gillian 2003-05-01
IN RE BARBOSA 2003-05-01
Its Prime Only, Inc. v. Darden 2003-05-01
N.C. Monroe Constr. Co. v. State 2003-05-01
State v. Rogers 2003-05-01
Ward v. Floors Perfect 2003-05-01
Beneficial Mortgage Co. of N.C. v. Hamidpour 2003-05-01
State v. Howie 2003-05-01
State v. Simms 2003-05-01
Strickland v. Doe 2003-05-01
Creel v. N.C. Dept of Health & Human Servs. 2003-05-01
Neier v. State 2003-05-01
State v. Hagans 2003-05-01
State v. Carmon 2003-05-01
Alford v. Catalytica Pharms., Inc. 2003-05-01
State v. Franceschi 2003-05-01
N.C. Dept of Envt & Natural Res. v. Swain 2003-05-01
State v. Adams 2003-05-01
Farber v. N.C. Psychology Bd. 2003-05-01
Floyd v. McGill 2003-05-01
State v. Frazier 2003-05-01
State v. Colt 2003-05-01
State v. McConico 2003-05-01
Piedmont Triad Regl Water Auth. v. Unger 2003-05-01
Taylor v. K-Mart Corp. 2003-05-01
Bragg v. Ameristeel 2003-05-01
Providian Natl Bank v. Bryant 2003-05-01
State v. Stafford 2003-05-01
ROY FUTRELL, Employee v. RESINALL CORPORATION, Employer, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier 2003-05-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LEONARD KEITT 2003-05-02
IN THE MATTER OF: RAVEN POOLE 2003-05-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CHRISTINA SHEA WALTERS 2003-05-02
MICHAEL A. COLOMBO, Administrator CTA of the Estate of HAZEL PILAND STEVENSON, Deceased v. GEORGE M. STEVENSON, III, HAZEL S. BRANCH, HOWELL W. BRANCH, BETSY BRANCH LEWIS, WESLEY STEVEN BRANCH and SUSAN STEVENSON 2003-05-02
H. WADE BAKER and wife, LOLA W. BAKER; JACOB L. BAKER (Widower); and JACOB L. WHITAKER, Executor of the Estate of GOLDEN McCLELLAN BAKER and Executor of the Estate of ETHEL PAULINE WHITAKER BAKER, Petitioners v. CLYDE GRAY MOOREFIELD and wife, DONNA W. MOOREFIELD, Respondents 2003-05-02
DAVID W. WHITE v. KATHY H. WHITE 2003-05-02
PAMELA PRIEST and BETTY LOU SKINNER v. THOMAS SOBECK and MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS LOCAL 798, OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES AND MOTION PICTURE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 2003-05-02
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF: THE MAHARISHI SPIRITUAL CENTER OF AMERICA, 639 WHISPERING HILLS ROAD, SUITE 112, BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA 28607 2003-05-02
VILONA BLEDSOLE v. RICKY LEE JOHNSON 2003-05-02
PRISCILLA OWENBY v. FRED JOHNSON YOUNG 2003-05-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LEON MAURICE AGER 2003-05-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. HENRY BERNARD SPIVEY, JR. 2003-05-02
JOHNNY E. BREWER v. CABARRUS PLASTICS, INC. 2003-05-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RONALD LEE POINDEXTER, A/K/A/ SAM PUGH 2003-05-22
N.C. Forestry Assn v. N.C. Dept of Envtl. & Natural Res. 2003-06-12
Boyd v. Howard 2003-06-12
Reimann v. Research Triangle Inst. 2003-06-12
State v. Partridge 2003-06-12
Taylors Nursery, Inc. v. Baylor Boys, Inc. 2003-06-12
Lancaster v. Maple Street Homeowners Assn 2003-06-12
State v. Little 2003-06-12
Benton v. Sutherland Precision Framing 2003-06-12
State v. Hyman 2003-06-12
State v. Gant 2003-06-12
Johnson v. Piggly Wiggly of Pinetops, Inc. 2003-06-12
Ivarsson v. Office of Indigent Def. Servs. 2003-06-12
State v. Anderson 2003-06-12
Freeman v. Freeman 2003-06-12
State v. Thompson 2003-06-12
State v. Smith 2003-06-12
McKinnon v. L & S Holding Co. 2003-06-12
State v. Morgan 2003-06-12
Swain v. Preston Falls E., L.L.C. 2003-06-12
Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co. v. Zurich-American Ins. Co. 2003-06-12
Carroll v. Living Ctrs. Southeast, Inc. 2003-06-12
Phillips v. A Triangle Womens Health Clinic, Inc. 2003-06-12
State v. Johnson 2003-06-12
Terry v. PPG Indus., Inc. 2003-06-12
State v. Hall 2003-06-12
Lakey v. U.S. Airways, Inc. 2003-06-12
State v. Murray 2003-06-12
Thompson v. Lee Cty. 2003-06-12
State v. Harding 2003-06-12
Beall v. Beall 2003-06-12
State v. Brooks 2003-06-12
State v. Newsome 2003-06-12
State v. Batten 2003-06-12
State v. Smith 2003-06-12
State v. Penn 2003-06-12
State v. Gonzalez 2003-06-12
State v. Williams 2003-06-12
Brotherton v. Point on Norman, LLC 2003-06-12
State v. Wolfe 2003-06-12
Lange v. Lange 2003-06-12
State v. Ramirez 2003-06-12
Loy v. Martin 2003-06-12
State v. Oliver 2003-06-12
Bowen v. Mabry 2003-06-12
Clontz v. St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church 2003-06-12
State v. Blakney 2003-06-12
Severt v. Cox 2003-06-12
Lee v. Brian Ctr. 2003-06-12
State v. Bell 2003-06-12
Wiley v. Williamson Produce 2003-06-12
Pass v. Beck 2003-06-12
Johnson v. Board of Tr. of Durham Technical Cmty. Coll. 2003-06-12
State v. Harrison 2003-06-12
State v. Samuels 2003-06-12
Shackleford-Moten v. Lenoir Cty. DSS 2003-06-12
Harleysville Mut. Ins. Co. v. Narron 2003-06-12
State v. Dove 2003-06-12
Hollifield v. City of Hickory 2003-06-12
Ditscheiner v. Jelly Beans, LLC 2003-06-12
In re Mayhew 2003-06-12
Colombo v. Stevenson 2003-06-12
STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; MICHAEL F. EASLEY, Governor of North Carolina; EDWARD RENFROW, State Controller of North Carolina; and DAVID T. McCOY, State Budget Officer of North Carolina 2003-06-13
A. NEAL BRUMLEY, Executor of the Estate of William Glenn Dellinger, Deceased v. MALLARD, L.L.C. and BONN A. GILBERT, JR., a/k/a Bonn Gilbert 2003-06-13
MARY WILLIAMS, Plaintiff v. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA, Defendant v. ORANGE COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, and ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, Counterclaim Defendants 2003-06-13
JOEL T. LEWIS, Petitioner v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Respondent 2003-06-13
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROBERT BRYAN SEXTON 2003-06-13
DANIEL FABRICIO ROSERO v. LISA BLAKE 2003-06-13
LEWIS D. DOCKERY and JAMES L. GUNTER v. PAUL E. HOCUTT and wife, CORA J. HOCUTT, and LANE WHITAKER and wife, DELOIS C. WHITAKER 2003-06-13
BRENDA JOYCE HOLLEY, Employee v. ACTS, INC., Employer, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Carrier 2003-06-13
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. PAUL WILLIAM MARK, SR. 2003-06-13
DONNA PITTMAN, Petitioner v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent 2003-06-13
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. RICHARD ALLEN STOKES 2003-06-13
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARK MARCOPLOS, NANCY WOODS, PASCAL L. PITTS, LAURA WINBUSH VANDERBECK, JAMES EDWIN WARREN, and RUTH C. ZALPH 2003-06-13
VALERIE MESCHTER WILLIAMS v. JANICE T. LEVINSON, DURHAM CHILD CARE COUNCIL, INC. (formerly known as Durham Day Care Council, Inc.), and CHILD CARE SERVICES ASSOCIATION 2003-06-13
WILLIAM SCOTT GILBERT and wife, ANGELA R. GILBERT v. NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES 2003-06-13
ROBERT ANTHONY DAVID v. SHARON ALICIA FERGUSON 2003-06-19
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. HENRY LEE HUNT 2003-07-16
ASHLEY STEPHENSON, individually, and as a resident and registered voter of Beaufort County, North Carolina; LEO DAUGHTRY, individually, and as Representative for the 95th District, North Carolina House of Representatives; PATRICK BALLANTINE, individually, and as Senator for the 4th District, North Carolina Senate; ART POPE, individually, and as Representative for the 61st District, North Carolina House of Representatives; and BILL COBEY, individually, and as Chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party and on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated v. GARY O. BARTLETT, as Executive Director of the State Board of Elections; LARRY LEAKE, ROBERT B. CORDLE, GENEVIEVE C. SIMS, LORRAINE G. SHINN, and CHARLES WINFREE, as members of the State Board of Elections; JAMES B. BLACK, as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; MARC BASNIGHT, as President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate; MICHAEL EASLEY, as Governor of the State of North Carolina; and ROY COOPER, as Attorney General of the State of North Carolina 2003-07-16
In the Matter of: JOANIE STUMBO, STEVEN STUMBO, SCOTT STUMBO, UNKNOWN STUMBO 2003-07-16
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. STEVEN MARK FINNEY 2003-08-21
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. PAUL ANTHONY BROWN 2003-08-22
ANGELA DAWES, Administratrix of the Estate of EFFIE HENDRICKS v. NASH COUNTY and NASH COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, a Division of Nash County 2003-08-22
IN RE: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF ERIC DEWAYNE MILLER AND OF ANY INFORMATION IN THE POSSESSION OF ATTORNEY RICHARD T. GAMMON REGARDING THAT DEATH 2003-08-22
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. CORNELIUS ALVIN NOBLES 2003-08-22
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. JAMES HOLLIS WATTS 2003-08-22
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. BRANDON CABOTT JONES 2003-08-22
J. ALAN BARRINGER and wife, JENNIE S. BARRINGER v. MID PINES DEVELOPMENT GROUP, L.L.C. 2003-08-22
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. SHAN CARTER 2003-08-22
WILLIAM J. WISE and LYNN P. WISE v. HARRINGTON GROVE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., and TOM FITZGERALD, TAMARA JAMES, DAVE BECHERER, STEWART JOSLIN, BILL SCHULTZ, and MIKE DALTON, in their official capacities as members of the Harrington Grove Community Association Board of Directors 2003-08-22
IN THE MATTER OF: MARGARET KAY MAY, DOB: 06-19-89 2003-08-22
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. HENRY LEE HUNT 2003-09-11
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ALBERT RAY WILLIAMS 2003-10-02
KAREN McKINNEY, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of MICHAEL EDWARD McKINNEY v. JAMES EVERETT RICHITELLI 2003-10-02
EASTERN OUTDOOR, INC., Petitioner v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, Respondent 2003-10-02
APRIL SHIPMAN v. CASEY SHIPMAN 2003-10-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ALVINO RAE WILSON, JR. 2003-10-02
THE NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITALS, INC. v. JAMES W. CROWSON 2003-10-02
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR v. WILLIE D. GILBERT, Attorney 2003-10-02
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARCUS LAMONT CARMON 2003-10-02
RICHARD ALLEN OVERTON v. WILLIAM ROBERT PURVIS 2003-10-02
JOSEPH PATRICK SUMMEY v. RONALD BARKER, FORSYTH COUNTY SHERIFF; and HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, SURETY; MICHAEL SCHWEITZER, chief jailer of Forsyth County, in their official capacities; LINDA SIDES; JOE MADDUX, CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. d/b/a CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS a/k/a CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES 2003-10-02
BOYCE & ISLEY, PLLC, EUGENE BOYCE, R. DANIEL BOYCE, PHILIP R. ISLEY, and LAURA B. ISLEY v. ROY A. COOPER, III, THE COOPER COMMITTEE, JULIA WHITE, STEPHEN BRYANT, and KRISTI HYMAN 2003-10-28
SUSAN F. JOHNSON v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2003-11-07
DONALD EARL WHITAKER and THOMAS LEE WHITAKER, JR., Co-Administrators of the Estate of CARLTON WHITAKER, Deceased v. TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK, C.T. HASTY, Individually and in his official capacity as Safety Director for the Town of Scotland Neck, and DOUGLAS BRADDY, Individually and in his official capacity as Public Works Superintendent for the Town of Scotland Neck 2003-11-07