Supreme Court Slip Opinions


Filed: 31 January 2025
Mandate: 20 February 2025
Zip File of Published Opinions
Headnote Index: 31 January 2025

Case Title / Description
State v. Tirado, (267PA21 - Published) Author: Justice Paul Newby (View COA Opinion)
Whether the Court of Appeals failed to consider defendant's state constitutional challenge to his sentences of life imprisonment without parole and whether the resentencing order complied with state constitutional requirements.
McKinney v. Goins, (109PA22-2 - Published) Author: Justice Paul Newby (View COA Opinion)
Whether the SAFE Child Act's revival of previously time-barred civil claims was facially unconstitutional.
Doe 1K v. Roman Cath. Diocese, (167PA22 - Published) Author: Justice Richard Dietz (View COA Opinion)
Whether an act of the General Assembly that purports to set aside a final judgment of the judicial branch violates separation of powers principles in the North Carolina Constitution.
Doe v. Roman Cath. Diocese, (168PA22 - Published) Author: Justice Richard Dietz (View COA Opinion)
Whether an act of the General Assembly that purports to set aside a final judgment of the judicial branch violates separation of powers principles in the North Carolina Constitution.
Cohane v. Home Missioners of Am., (278A23 - Published) Author: Justice Anita Earls (View COA Opinion)
Whether section 4.2(b) of the SAFE Child Act's revival of claims 'for child sexual abuse otherwise time-barred' by a three-year statute of limitations encompasses claims against defendants who did not directly commit the alleged abuse.
State v. Lester, (293PA23-2 - Published) Author: Justice Anita Earls (View COA Opinion)
Whether the Confrontation Clause and hearsay rules barred admission of cell phone records at trial.
James H.Q. Davis Tr. v. JHD Props., LLC, (32PA24 - Published) Author: Justice Tamara Barringer
Whether the Business Court erred in ordering an entry of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs on plaintiffs' complaint seeking judicial dissolution of the manager-managed LLCs, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 57D-6-02(2)(i), because continued operation of the LLCs in conformance with the operating agreements was 'not practicable.'