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  • Summers v. Wasdin

    Publication Date: 2016-08-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leamon Smith, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Allen, Moultrie, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0122; A16A0277

    Because the plaintiff filed the proof of ce more than five business days after the ce date, the time for the defendants to answer did not begin to run until the plaintiff filed the proof o

  • Hantz v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Jackson and Hannah McLear Lister Holt LLC, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Pipkin, Solicitor General, and William Kennedy Solicitor General's Office, McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0249

    Defense counsel did not render ineffective assistance of counsel based on the failure to file a meritless plea i

  • Morales v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Christopher Flinn, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Deborah D. Wellborn, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2386

    The defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his Miranda rights and freely and voluntarily gave his statement to police admitting his involvement in the kidnapping and rape of the v

  • McConnell v. Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2016-08-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Allen and Scott Schweber Cohen, Cooper, Estep Allen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kirsten Daughdril, and Angela Cusimano Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0655

    The plaintiff's complaint against the Georgia Department of Labor asserting claims for negligence in disclosing personal information, invasion of privacy public disclosure of private facts and breac

  • Unique Staff Leasing, Ltd. v. Cates, 11-14-00309-CV (TexApp Dist 07/29/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-08-11
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-29
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh
    Judge: JIM R. WRIGHT CHIEF JUSTICE
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    Case Number: 11-14-00309-CV

    On Appeal from the 29th District Court Palo Pinto County, TexasTrial Court Cause No. C44659Panel consists of: Wright, C.J., Willson, J., and Bailey

  • Taylor v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Harvey, Jennifer Hanson, and Kimberly Cornwell Law Office of Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, and Marc A. Mallon, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0463

    Although the evidence supported the defendant's conviction for vehicular homicide, the Court reversed the defendant's convictions for driving without a valid license and operating a vehicle without

  • Calton v. Schiller, 06-15-00062-CV (TexApp Dist 06/16/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-08-10
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    Date Filed: 2016-06-16
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth Appellate District
    Judge: RALPH K. BURGESS JUSTICE
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    Case Number: 06-15-00062-CV

    On Appeal from the 153rd District Court Tarrant County, TexasTrial Court No. 153-270690-14Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.Opinion by J

  • USA v. Victor Hernandez-Montes, 15-40544 (5th Cir. 07/25/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-08-10
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    Date Filed: 2016-07-25
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: JERRY E. SMITH, CIRCUIT JUDGE
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    Case Number: 15-40544

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of TexasBefore SMITH, BARKSDALE, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.JERRY E. SMITH, C

  • Mitchell v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-08-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Speights Law Office of Gregory Hicks, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shannon Wallace, District Attorney, Cliff Head, and Wallace Rogers, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0041

    Although the evidence supported the defendant's convictions after he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home, held her and her son captive and repeatedly raped and sodomized her at knife-point, the Cour

  • Corporación Mexicana De Mantenimiento Integral v. Pemex‐Exploración Y Producción, 13-4022

    Publication Date: 2016-08-05
    Practice Area: International Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Winter, Jacobs, and Raggi, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: with Zachary D. Tripp & William R. Levi on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C.; also on the brief: Jeffrey S. Bucholtz & Brian Callanan, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC; Richard T. Marooney & Charles C. Correll, Jr., King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C.; on the brief: Dennis H. Tracey, III, Ira M. Feinberg, Hagan C. Scotten & Erin M. Meyer, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Richard C. Lorenzo, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Miami, FL. With David S. Jones, Caleb Hayes‐Deats & Emily E. Daughtry on the brief, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, for Amicus Curiae United States of America; also on the brief: Joyce Branda, Douglas N. Letter & Sharon Swingle, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Mary E. McLeod, Department of State, Washington, D.C. Erik S. Jaffe, Erik S. Jaffe, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Government of the United Mexican States in support of Respondent‐Appellant. Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA, for Amicus Curiae The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Petitioner‐Appellee; on the brief: Kathryn Comerford Todd & Tyler R. Green, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 13-4022

    Cite as: Corporación Mexicana De Mantenimiento Integral v. Pemex‐Exploración Y Producción, 13-4022, NYLJ 1202764433691, at *1 (2d Cir., Decide