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  • Harpur v. Bich

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Cathy Seibel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Anne C. Lefever, John A. Pintarelli, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Dennis H. Tracey, III, Benjamin A. Fleming, Alexandra M. Lyon, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 24-CV-5006

    Action Is Remanded; Damages Were Awarded for Abuse of Process Not Defamation

  • Patch Energy LLC v. Indio Minerals LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00280-CV

    The case involves a dispute concerning claims to a portion of a royalty interest that had been reserved in a 1930 conveyance of the mineral interest in land located in Midland County.

  • Benfer v. City of Baytown

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-20543

    The court affirmed the district court's dismissal finding that the Officer who arrested Benfer and his wife after a traffic stop had not violated their Constitutional rights, that their state tort claims were not cognizable under Texas law, and that Benfer's complaint did not plead sufficient facts to support a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978).

  • Ricks v. Lumpkin

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-70008

    Appellant was convicted in Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son.

  • Human Services Council of New York v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Paul G. Gardephe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21 CV 11149

    NYC Local Law 87 Not 'Regulatory'; City Has Clear Interest in Avoiding Strikes

  • Farhane v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Naz Ahmad, Mudassar Toppa, Clear Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., CUNY School of Law, Long Island City, NY; Alan E. Schoenfeld, Emily Barnet, Sandra Redivo, Trena M. Riley, Dylan Reichman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Thad Eagles, Jeremy W. Brinster, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Asma S. Jaber, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, on the brief, Ramzi Kassem.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Jun Xiang, Hagan Scotten, on the brief, Karl Metzner, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: John C. Yang, Niyati Shah, Marita Etcubañez, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Washington, DC; Andrew Z. Michaelson, Mateo de la Torre, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Immigrant Defense Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Andrew Wachtenheim, Nabilah Siddiquee, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Federal Public Defender's Office for the Western District of New York, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, and Office of the Public Defender for the Northern District of New York in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Joel B. Rudin, Matthew A. Wasserman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY; Richard D. Willstatter, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; S. Isaac Wheeler, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Immigration Law in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Alyssa Barnard-Yanni, Andrew D. Silverman, Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Lauren A. Weber, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA.
    Case Number: 20-1666

    Lawyer Must Inform Naturalized Citizen of Risk of Deportation After Denaturalization