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  • Singh v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Sanchez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-95

    Adverse credibility finding in response to asylum petition wrongly determined based on misapplication of framework

  • Beaumont Adventure Park Urban Air, LLC v. Geter

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-23-00850-CV

    Appellee, as next friend of K.G., filed suit against appellant alleging K.G. was injured while using trampolines at appellant's premises.

  • J.A. Masters Inv. v. Beltramini

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contracts
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-20292

    Following the lawsuit between plaintiffs J.A. Masters Investments and K.G. Investments and defendant Eduardo Beltramini, the case went to trial concerning state-law claims of fraud and breach of contract.

  • Century Surety Co. c. Colgate Operating, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-50530

    Appellee, an oil well operator, entered into a master services/sales agreement with Triangle, an oilfield consultancy.

  • ETC Texas Pipeline Ltd. v. XTO Energy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00350-CV

    The parties entered into an agreement for the gathering and processing of gas.

  • Weathers v. Houston Methodist Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-20536

    Plaintiff was hired by defendant Houston Methodist Hospital in 2019. In August 2021, plaintiff texted her supervisor that her coworkers were harassing her and discriminating against her because of her race.

  • Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10362

    Plaintiffs, a coalition of medical associations and individual doctors, challenged the regulation of mifepristone by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

  • Chinese Am. Citizens Alliance of Greater NY v. Christa McAuliffe Intermediate Sch. PTO Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua P. Thompson, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, on the brief, Glenn E. Roper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Claude S. Platton and Deborah A. Brenner, on the brief, Philip W. Young, for Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: Janai S. Nelson, Samuel Spital, Rachel Kleinman, and Kevin Jason, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Jin Hee Lee and Molly M. Cain, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah Hinger, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Stefanie D. Coyle, Arthur Eisenberg, and Emma Hulse, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Francisca D. Fajana, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, New York; Elizabeth A. Ritvo, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; John G. Doyle, Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Caitlin Felise C. Ramiro and Samuel J. Hickey, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Michaele N. Turnage Young, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.
    Case Number: 22-2649

    Aggregate Disparate Impact Is Not Exclusive Means to Prevail on Equal Protection Claim

  • Chinese American Civil Alliance of Greater New York v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2024-10-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joshua P. Thompson, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, on the brief, Glenn E. Roper, Pacific Legal Foundation, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Claude S. Platton and Deborah A. Brenner, on the brief, Philip W. Young, for Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, New York. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: Janai S. Nelson, Samuel Spital, Rachel Kleinman, and Kevin Jason, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Jin Hee Lee and Molly M. Cain, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia; Sarah Hinger, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Stefanie D. Coyle, Arthur Eisenberg, and Emma Hulse, New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Francisca D. Fajana, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, New York; Elizabeth A. Ritvo, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; John G. Doyle, Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Caitlin Felise C. Ramiro and Samuel J. Hickey, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, on the brief, Michaele N. Turnage Young, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.
    Case Number: 22-2649

    Court Erred in Finding Aggregate Disparate Impact by SHS Policy Not Shown

  • Green Meadows Housing Partners, LP et al v. Macon-Bibb County

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Cobb, Michael Eber, Cameron Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Harold Melton, Charles Peeler, Thomas Reilly, Dominyka Plukaite, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Cooke, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, Michael McNeill, (Macon-Bibb County Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee; Michael Lambros, (The Lambros Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0693

    Court reverses ex parte order and vacates nuisance findings in a County's public-nuisance case against apartments, and affirms that Civil Practice Act applies to nuisance abatement actions