jurisdiction

May 14, 2024

Stay halts ACC’s lawsuit against Florida State

CHARLOTTE — The Atlantic Coast Conference‘s lawsuit against member school Florida State University came to a temporary halt last week. North Carolina Business Court Chief Judge Louis Bledsoe III handed […]

Apr 8, 2024

Judge denies FSU bid to dismiss ACC lawsuit

A North Carolina judge has denied Florida State‘s request to dismiss the Atlantic Coast Conference‘s lawsuit against the school, which is trying to sue its way out of the league […]

Jul 5, 2022

Feds have exclusive in rem jurisdiction over seized cash

A bag with $16,761 in cash seized by state police and turned over to federal officers could not be recovered in a state court action, a panel of the North […]

Jun 10, 2020

N.C. has jurisdiction over man who didn’t know his ex moved there

A family court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over a man who called his ex-girlfriend’s cellphone at least 28 times, not realizing that she’d moved to North Carolina, the state’s […]

Apr 23, 2020

Biz court gets personal about jurisdiction over out-of-state lawyer, firm

Providing legal services to a client in the state, without more, was insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state lawyer and his law firm, the North Carolina Business […]

Jun 21, 2018

Civil Practice – Court lacked jurisdiction to weigh equitable tolling

A petitioner filed her “innocent spouse” tax claim one week late because IRS representatives allegedly misinformed her of the filing deadline, but the U.S. Tax Court had no authority to […]

Jan 18, 2018

Civil Practice – Jurisdiction – Service of Process – Aliases and Pluries

Keels v. Frazier (Lawyers Weekly No. 16-978-1, 7 pp.) (Lucy Inman, J.) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Jesse B. Caldwell III, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: In an action […]

Dec 14, 2017

Lack of jurisdiction

This Sidebar reporter, for whatever reason, always notices when a police vehicle is rolling out of bounds. For instance, when a Charlotte-Mecklenburg vehicle travels down 521 in Lancaster County. Or […]

Sep 7, 2017

Criminal Practice – Jurisdiction – Appeal & Mandate – Sentencing – Minor Defendant

State v. Seam (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-279-17, 5 pp.) (Philip Berger Jr., J.) Appealed from Davidson County Superior Court (Theodore Royster Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: Even though our Supreme […]

Apr 26, 2017

Criminal Practice – No Jurisdiction After Sentence Commutation

U.S. v. Surratt (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-093-17, 32 pp.) No. 14-6851, April 21, 2017; USDC at Charlotte, N.C. (Conrad, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: By order dated Feb. 14, 2017, the […]

Jan 5, 2017

Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Reconciliation – Contempt Motion – Jurisdiction

Hogue v. Hogue (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-007-17, 6 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Lincoln County District Court (Jeannette Reeves, J.) N.C. App. Holding: After the parties separated, obtained an […]

Jan 5, 2017

Domestic Relations – Equitable Distribution – Reconciliation – Contempt Motion – Jurisdiction

Hogue v. Hogue (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-007-17, 6 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from Lincoln County District Court (Jeannette Reeves, J.) N.C. App. Holding: After the parties separated, obtained an […]