While reading through the latest batch of opinions from the North Carolina Court of Appeals, I was struck (again) by how often appellate cases are not decided on the merits
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Supreme Court to Hear Three Significant Civil Appeals in October
By Matthew Nis Leerberg on
Continuing a recent trend of tackling more thorny civil cases, the Supreme Court of North Carolina will hear three high-profile civil cases this October. Notably, two of the three cases…
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Everything’s Not Lost – How to Potentially Fix an Oversight in Noticing an Appeal
By Patrick M. Kane on
Many of our posts since we launched this blog have focused on the importance of paying attention to and timely following the Rules of Appellate Procedure, lest you find yourself…
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