Willowmere Community Association, Inc. v. City of Charlotte (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-363-16, 19 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) (Richard Dietz, J., concurring) Appealed from Mecklenburg County Superior Court (Forrest Bridges, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Since the plaintiff-homeowners’ associations did not follow ...

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House v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-024-16, 18 pp.) (James Dever III, C.J.) 4:14-cv-00129; E.D.N.C. Holding: After the original landlord’s mortgage was foreclosed upon, the plaintiff-tenants’ lease expired, and they received the 90 days’ notice required ...

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In re Appeal of Old North State Acquisition LLC (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-167-16, 9 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from the Property Tax Commission. N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: It is apparent that that the Property Tax Commission dismissed the taxpayer’s ...

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Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corp. v. Stevenson (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-284-16, 11 pp.) (Richard Dietz, J.) Appealed from the Business Court (Gregory McGuire, J.) N.C. App. Holding: It was not reasonable for the plaintiff-electric membership corporation to demand that the ...

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In re Corning Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-186-16, 34 pp.) (Rick Elmore, J.) Appealed from the Property Tax Commission. N.C. App. Holding: The taxpayer is the only large fiber optic manufacturer in North America, so there is no North American ...

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Rocky Mount WEH LP v. Langston (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-114-16, 12 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Nash County Superior Court (Alma Hinton, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Among its various claims against adjacent landowners, plaintiff alleged that its neighbors ...

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Daughtridge v. North Carolina Zoological Society, Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-153-16, 10 pp.) (Martha Geer, J.) Appealed from Halifax County Superior Court (Alma Hinton & Marvin Blount III, JJ.) N.C. App. Holding: Since one superior court judge had already denied ...

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Blake v. Harris (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-060-16, 9 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Guilford County Superior Court (A. Robinson Hassell, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Where the parties’ settlement agreement merely required defendant to level the ground (on the ...

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State v. Spivey (Lawyers Weekly No. 010-018-16, 16 pp.) (Paul Newby, J.) (Barbara Jackson, J., joined by Sam Ervin IV, J., dissenting) Appealed from New Hanover County Superior Court (Phyllis Gorham, J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. ...

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Pandure v. Pandure (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-050-16, 9 pp.) (Douglas McCullough, J.) Appealed from Hoke County Superior Court (Mary Ann Tally, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: The parties’ mother owned the 59 acres encompassing the family homestead, and the plaintiff-daughter ...

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