Appeals of right from certain decisions of the Court of Appeals
Applied in 25 court decisions — leading case Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Durham County North Carolina Rj Reynolds Tobacco Company (1986)
Most recently applied in 258 N.C. App. 567 - Boyce v. N.C. State Bar (April 2018)
1967, c. 108, s. 1; 1983, c. 526, s. 2; 2016-125, 4th Ex
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Except as provided in G.S. 7A-28, an appeal lies of right to the Supreme Court from any decision of the Court of Appeals rendered in a case:
(1) Which directly involves a substantial question arising under the Constitution of the United States or of this State.
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2023-134, s. 16.21(d), effective July 1, 2023.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.