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  • USA v. Fackrell

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-40598

    Appellants Fackrell and Cramer were convicted and sentenced to death for the prison murder of a fellow inmate.

  • Hegar v. El Paso Electric

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodwin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-18-00790-CV

    Appellants, Glen Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts, and Ken Paxton, Attorney General challenged the trial court's judgment following a bench trial that granted in part appellee El Paso Electric Company's refund claims for sales taxes paid on transactions involving "telemetry units."

  • Washington v. Associated Builders

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-20-00004-CV

    The City of San Antonio passed an ordinance requiring private employers to pay employees for sick and safe leave.

  • USA v. Masha

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-20673

    Appellant was indicted in a second superseding indictment on eight charges of false use of a passport, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1543, and eight charges of misuse of a passport, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1544.

  • Hoffman v. Thomson

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-19-00771-CV

    In a 1956 deed, Peter Hoffman conveyed to Gravis Peeler a 1,070-acre tract but reserved an undivided 3/32 interest in all oil, gas, and other minerals.

  • Int'l Techs. Mktg. Inc. v. Verint Sys. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee: James J. Mahon, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Benjamin S. Litman, Yosef Rothstein, on the brief, Howard I. Elman, Elman Freiberg PLLC, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-1031

    Rule 11 Sanctions' Denial Vacated; Court Misconstrued Precedent as to Imposition

  • Cuthill v. Blinken

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Katzmann
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Elizabeth Leete, Leete, Kosto & Wizner, LLP, Hartford, CT, on the brief, Bradley B. Banias, Wasden Banias, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Christopher A. Bates, William C. Peachey, Samuel P. Go, on the brief, Victor M. Mercado-Santana, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 19-3138

    Naturalized Citizen Granted Judgment as to F2A Visa to Daughter Statutorily Less Than 21

  • In re: 650 Fifth Ave. Co. & Related Properties

    Publication Date: 2021-03-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Michael D. Lockard, Martin S. Bell, Samuel L. Raymond, Thomas McKay, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel M. Tracer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Claimants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Melissa Ginsberg, Diana M. Conner, on the brief, Daniel S. Ruzumna, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York, and Winston Paes, on the brief, John Gleeson, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York. For the Acosta, Beer, Greenbaum, Kirschenbaum, Havlish, Heiser, Peterson, Miller, and Rubin Claimants-Appellees: James L. Bernard, Curtis C. Mechling, Pamela S. Takefman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York; Timothy B. Fleming, Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Dale K. Cathell, Richard M. Kremen, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, Maryland; Liviu Vogel, Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman & Broudy, LLC, New York, New York; Peter R. Kolker, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief, Patrick N. Petrocelli, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, New York. For Hegna Claimants-Appellees: Ralph P. Dupont, Dupont Law Firm, Stamford, Connecticut.
    Case Number: 20-1212

    Seizure of Manhattan Building, Rental Income Violated Claimants' Due Process Rights

  • State of Texas v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-20-00548-CR

    Appellee, who is not a US citizen, pled guilty to two misdemeanor theft charges, one in 1998 and one in 2007.

  • DeSuze v. Ammon

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam Meyers, Communities Resist, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Matt Ammon and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Varuni Nelson, on the brief, Edward K. Newman, for Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Linden Plaza Preservation L.P., and Linden Plaza Associates, L.P.: Peter C. Neger, on the brief, Zoe Phillips, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and City of New York: Richard Dearing, John Moore, on the brief, Amy McCamphill, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1141

    Tenants' Claims in Rent Challenge Time-Barred, Not Saved by Continuing Violation Doctrine