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  • Apache v. Castex Offshore

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-19-00605-CV

    The parties entered into several joint operating agreements, one of which involved the expansion of a natural gas processing facility and another involved drilling a well.

  • Collins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Kwiatkowski, Deborah Gonzalez, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, Brian Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0084

    Court affirms convictions for serious injury by vehicle and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Giller et al. v. Slosberg

    Publication Date: 2021-05-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Leah Sears, Sasha Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Janet Litt, (Janet Litt, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small P.C.), Atlanta, Frederick Sugarman, Matthew Hawk, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0001

    Court reverses trial court judgment and imposition of a constructive trust in a challenge to an estate distribution matter involving undue influence by trust beneficiaries

  • McBurnett v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-19-00418-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of the aggravated sexual assault of his former stepdaughter, failed to prove that the trial court erred in failing to grant him a mistrial.

  • Watret v. Watret

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-20-00124-CV

    The trial court entered a final divorce decree, signed by both parties' attorneys, that provided for a division of the marital estate, including benefits or rights related to appellant's employment with the Texas Department of Corrections and his service in the United States Air Force.

  • Citibank v. Pechua

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bourliot
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-19-00337-CV

    Among other claims, appellee Pechua sought a declaratory judgment confirming that the statute of limitations barred appellant Citibank from foreclosing on property it owned.

  • USA v. Onyeri

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-50869

    Appellant attempted to assassinate a judge and seriously injured her.

  • Clinton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Jennifer Scalia, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Daniel S. Reinhardt, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0352

    Court Reverses Incest Conviction; Defendant Was Not Related by Blood to Victim, His Step-Granddaughter

  • Avon Nursing & Rehab. v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2021-05-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Michael Park
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Brian Marc Feldman, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Arastu K. Chaudhury, on the brief, Christopher Connolly, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae American Health Care Association: James F. Segroves, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 19-3953

    Medicare Act Review Clause Does Not Bar Challenge to HHS Rule Rooted in Medicaid Act

  • Frilando v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Garrett Emmons, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Amanda McCool, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0169

    Court affirms convictions for aggravating stalking over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and admission and exclusion of evidence