Category: Business Court Opinions

FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Petitioner, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Respondent. No. 09 CV 20861In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division June 28, 2010 Page 1 ORDER ON PETITIONER’S OBJECTION TO BUSINESS COURT FILINGFEE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Petitioner’s Objection and Motion in the Cause Regarding Business Court […]

ROBERT E. BROWNE, III; SHELBY V.T. CLARK; JEANNE F. CLARK; JOHN H. LOUGHRIDGE, JR.; ELFORD HAMILTON MORGAN; JAME SMITH MORGAN and NORWOOD ROBINSON, Plaintiffs v. G. KENNEDY THOMPSON; THOMAS J. WURTZ; DONALD K. TRUSLOW; ROBERT K. STEEL; WACHOVIA CORPORATION; WELLS FARGO COMPANY (AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO WACHOVIA CORPORATION); and KPMG, LLP, Defendants. No. 09 CVS 8588In […]

THEODORE J. HOEPNER, Plaintiff, v. WACHOVIA CORPORATION, Defendant. 01-CVS-005106In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division June 14, 2001 Ellis Winters, L.L.P., by Richard W. Ellis, Paul K. Sun, Jr., Mary M. Dillon and Thomas D. Blue, Jr; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom, LLP, by Jay B. Kasner; for plaintiff. Bell, Davis Pitt, P.A., […]

WACHOVIA BANK, National Association, Plaintiff, v. DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, formerly known as BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, Defendant. No. 04 CVS 86In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division June 2, 2006 Kennedy Covington Lobdell Hickman, LLP by John H. Culver and Sara W. Higgins; Hahn Hessen, LLP by Maria A. Arnott and Steven […]

KELLY K. SUGGS-JACOBS and Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. PHYSICIANS WEIGHT LOSS CENTER OF AMERICA, INC., CHARLES E. SEKERES, CECILE HOLDEN, JOHN D. SIDERIS, PAUL C. HUNT, JEAN THOMAS, COOKIE PARKER, G. A. PARKER, HEALTHY WEIGH, INC., P.C.H. TODAY, INC., and VIRGINIA EVELYN DOREMUS, Defendants. 00-CVS-7910In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division November […]

JAMES W. PENDERGRAPH, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and TERESA C. ROGERS, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Petitioners v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, KENNETH R. LAY, Secretary of The North Carolina Department of Revenue (in his official capacity), NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF STATE TREASURER, JANET COWELL, […]

PIEDMONT VENTURE PARTNERS, L.P. and PIEDMONT VENTURE PARTNERS II, L.P., by and through WILLIAM E. RAY, Liquidator, Plaintiffs, v. DELOITTE TOUCHE, L.L.P., a North Carolina Limited Liability Partnership; DELOITTE TOUCHE USA, L.L.P., a North Carolina Limited Liability Partnership, Defendants. No. 06 CVS 10418In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division March 5, 2007 Page […]

PEAK COASTAL VENTURES, L.L.C., Plaintiff, v. SUNTRUST BANK and THE LAW FIRM OF HUTCHENS, SENTER BRITTON, Defendants. No. 10 CVS 6676In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division May 5, 2011. {1} THIS MATTER is before the Court on the motions to dismiss filed by Defendants SunTrust Bank and The Law Firm of Hutchens, […]

JAMES E. LONG, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA and LIQUIDATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ GUILD HEALTH AND WELFARE TRUST FUND, Plaintiff, v. CLAIR HAMMOND, Defendant. 00-CVS-7097In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division July 22, 2002 E. Clementine Peterson, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff. Daniel R. Flebotte, for the defendant. Ben F. […]

FIRST UNION CORPORATION, WACHOVIA CORPORATION, and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiffs v. SUNTRUST BANKS, INC., Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. FIRST UNION CORPORATION and WACHOVIA CORPORATION Counterclaim Defendants, and LESLIE M. BAKER, JAMES S. BALLOUN, PETER C. BROWNING, JOHN T. CASTEEN, III, THOMAS K. HEARN, JR., GEORGE W. HENDERSON, III, W. HAYNE HIPP, LLOYD U. […]