Isn’t “secure leave” wonderful? It’s the one time YOUR schedule overrides the COURT schedule. Just designate a week or two or three, at least 90 days in advance, and you
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Masterclass: North Carolina Supreme Court Explains Error Preservation in the Directed Verdict and JNOV Context.
Parties must move for a directed verdict to preserve their right to request judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV*) after an unfavorable verdict is returned. Friday’s batch of Supreme Court opinions
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Did the NC Supreme Court Just Extend the Dissent-Based Appeal Period?
Dissent-based appeals of right might stick around a little longer than we thought.
The 2023 budget bill struck N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30(2), which had allowed for an appeal of
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NC Supreme Court Cleans Up Rules on Dissent-Based Appeals
For many moons, North Carolina was one of the few jurisdictions in which the losing party at the Court of Appeals could pursue an appeal as of right to the
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“So, What’s Going on Here?” North Carolina Supreme Court Clarifies Level of Detail Required to Demonstrate Right to Interlocutory Appeal Under the Substantial Right Doctrine
In appeals, the general rule is that litigants cannot appeal an interlocutory order until a final judgment is entered. But in North Carolina, a major statutory exception to the general
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Christmas in September: New Features Added to North Carolina’s Appellate Filing Website
The Supreme Court’s Technology Department has done it again. Quietly adding even more features to the appellate courts’ electronic filings site, www.ncappellatecourts.org.
The filing site has long allowed attorneys
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Does a Dissenting Opinion Control the Supreme Court?
A dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals has long been a litigant’s Golden Ticket, at least until a recent statutory change. The mere existence of the dissent bestowed
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Petition Alert: NC Supreme Court to Examine Scope of Immunity for Covid-Era Healthcare
The North Carolina Supreme Court today agreed to review a Court of Appeals decision limiting the immunity enjoyed by healthcare professionals under a Covid-era statute.
In May 2020, the pandemic
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Helpful Changes to NC Appellate E-filing Site: “Upcoming Oral Arguments” Banner
I wrote a few days ago about some practitioners experiencing problems with overzealous spam filters catching important notices from our appellate courts. To be clear, this is a user-side issue
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Users’ Spam Filters Are Blocking Some Calendar Notices from North Carolina’s Appellate Courts
Trigger warning: this post may cause appellate lawyers to have nightmares.
There has been a spate of technical glitches on the user side lately that caused critical notices from the
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