• Batyukova v. Doege

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Southwick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-50425

    Appellee, a sheriff's deputy, while off duty and driving his own car, approached appellee's stopped vehicle.

  • In the Interest of DJW

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-20-00243-CV

    A father, who appealed the trial court's decision to terminate his parental rights, was rightfully found to have his parental rights terminated.

  • Bledsoe v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-19-00274-CV

    Appellant was convicted of three felony offenses: one in 1988, one in 1991, and one in 1999.

  • In the Interest of ALH

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-20-00244-CV

    Following a bench trial, the trial court terminated the parental rights of father and mother to children aged seven and three.

  • State of Texas v. Yakushkin

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-20-00254-CR

    The common issues presented in these numerous criminal appeals were whether the Harris County district attorney had statutory authority to file an appeal on the State's behalf from county-level criminal courts of Harris County and, if so, whether the judge of County Criminal Court at Law No. 8 erred in quashing the informations filed against appellees on the ground that the complaint supporting each information was invalid.

  • United States v. Wilson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge McKee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69380

    The court affirmed the trial court's rulings regarding search warrant sufficiency and evidentiary issues.

  • Clark v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Marshall, (Law Office of David D. Marshall), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, John Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0135

    Court affirms family violence and related convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court error on a withdrawn plea, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • In the Interest of AW

    Publication Date: 2021-04-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Johnson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-20-00336-CV

    In a single issue appellant, the mother of A.W., challenged the trial court's order terminating her parental rights to A.W. on the basis that the trial court's order of termination was void because the trial on the merits occurred after the trial court lost jurisdiction by failing to make the mandatory findings in its order granting an extension of the trial and dismissal dates pursuant to Section 263.401(b) of the Texas Family Code.

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Andrew Stevens, Jeffrey Lewis, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0960

    Court Reverses Order Holding That Statute of Repose Barred Breach of Contract Claim Under Express One-Year Warranty

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Christian Fuller, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Courtney Elgart, (Perkins Coie LLP), Washington, Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1818

    Court reverses and remands a matter to the superior court for entry of an order enforcing a subpoena for documents and information from a campaign committee