• Association of Public Agency Customers v. Bonneville Power Administration

    Publication Date: 2013-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2013-10-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, Stephen S. Trott, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Sullivan (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York; Michael Alcantar and Donald Brookhyser, Alcantar & Kahl, LLP, Portland, Oregon; Michael N. Kunselman, Alston & Bird, LLP, Washington, D.C.; John M. Rochefort, Alston & Bird, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Judith Endejan, Graham & Dunn, PC, Seattle, Washington; Jason N. Poulos, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, Georgia, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Kurt R. Casad (argued), Special Assistant United States Attorney, S. Amanda Marshall, United States Attorney, Stephen J. Odell, Assistant United States Attorney, Richard A. Greene, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, Oregon; Randy A. Roach and Timothy A. Johnson, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon, for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. 11-73178

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 11791 ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC AGENCY CUSTOMERS, Petitioner, v. BONNEVI

  • October 9, 2013 |

    A Suit Too Soon: 11th Circuit Finds Insured’s Action Seeking to Stem Subrogration Was Not Yet Justiciable

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that an insured’s declaratory judgment action seeking to protect the proceeds of a settlement…

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  • HWA Props. Inc. v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-08-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Brooks Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Bret Thrasher and Aaron Kappler Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti PC, Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0047

    The bank was not entitled to a deficiency judgment on the note as it failed to comply with the confirmation requirements of O.C.G.A. § 44-1

  • Brooks Peanut Co. Inc. v. Great S. Peanut LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-07-30
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nowell Berreth Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, and R. Edgar Campbell Perry & Walters, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Peeler Flynn Peeler & Phillips LLC, Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0633

    A broker's written confirmation of a commodities transaction was sufficient to satisfy the Statute of F

  • State v. Al-Khayyal

    Publication Date: 2013-06-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Laura Pfister, and Nels Peterson Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brown and Angela Adams Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0623

    The evidence did not establish that the technology professor had no knowledge of the presence of certain files containing sexually explicit images of young girls in his computer's trash folder while

  • North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors

    Publication Date: 2013-05-22
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-21
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Respondents: Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Stephan C. Volker, Stephanie L. Abrahams, Daniel P. Garrett-Steinman & Jamey M. B. Volker
    for defendant: Counsel for Appellant: Remy Moose Manley, LLP, Whitman F. Manley, Mary R. Casey, Marin Municipal Water District, Thomas Law Group, Tina Thomas & Christopher J. Butcher

    Case Number: No. A133821, A135626

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5102NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE ET AL., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v

  • Gila River Indian Community v. United States

    Publication Date: 2013-05-20
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 11-15631

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5012GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, a federally recogni

  • Murtagh v. Emory Univ.

    Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Goodhart Goodhart Law Firm, Jami Kohn Weinstock & Scavo PC, and Mark Spix, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Wozniak, Lindsey Edelmann Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Theodore Eichelberger Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A2127

    The trial court erred in its imposition of a $15K fine, since it constituted an adjudication of criminal contempt in excess of $500 per act authorized under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-8 subsect

  • Synovus Bank v. Griner

    Publication Date: 2013-04-10
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Collins Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Michael Terry, Mary Webb Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, James Finley Finley & Buckley, Atlanta, Gerald Davidson Mahaffey Pickens Tucker LLP, Lawrenceville, and C. Ronald Ellington, Athens, for appellees. Amicus: William Custer Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A12A1822

    The question of whether the overdraft and overdraft protection fees at issue constituted interest under Georgia law could not be determined at the pleadings stage, given the broad definitions of int

  • Calhoun, Ga. NG LLC v. Century Bank of Ga.

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Struletz Spielman & Hicks LLC, Atlanta, and William Thompson, Calhoun, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Ledbetter, Calhoun, for appellee.

    Case Number: A12A2231

    An agreement executed and recorded by the predecessors-in-title to the parties' adjoining rties did not prevent the appellee from constructing a convenience store and gas fueling facility on it