The Petition Tracker has been updated with the Supreme Court’s most recent allowed petitions for discretionary review. Although there were some special orders, the Court only allowed two petitions outright.
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An “Improvident” Decision
By Kip D. Nelson on
On occasion, the Supreme Court of North Carolina will grant a petition for discretionary review and then later decide that the grant was “improvidently allowed.” See, e.g., here and…
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Heard But Not Decided: Summary Disposition of Appeals
By Kip D. Nelson on
You lost in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, but you have convinced yourself that your legal argument was correct. You file a Petition for Discretionary Review (“PDR”) with the…
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