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  • Office of the Attorney General of Texas v. Koponen

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodwin
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    Case Number: 03-18-00669-CV

    In this restricted appeal which arose out of Koponen's suit to modify the parent-child relationship, the Office of the Attorney General challenged the trial court's order as to the judgment on child support arrearages.

  • DeRoeck v. DHM Ventures

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-15-00713-CV

    Appellants sued to collect on a debt on a promissory note allegedly owed by appellee DHM and guaranteed by appellees Moritz and Halsey.

  • Wichita County v. Environmental Engineering

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
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    Case Number: 03-18-00434-CV

    The county sought civil penalties under the Water Code against Southwest Convenience Stores alleging they were responsible for three leaking underground storage tanks that polluted the groundwater in Wichita County for over nineteen years.

  • Morrison v. Profanchik

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Commercial Law | Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rose
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-17-00593-CV

    Appellee sued appellants for defamation in connection with an allegedly fake online review on the website ripoffreport.com of appellee's business, which was a competitor of appellants.

  • The State Of Texas v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-18-00839-CR

    Following a traffic stop, appellee was charged with DWI.

  • Robards v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Michael DeTardo, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0344

    Court Affirms Conviction for Computer Theft Over Claims That Trial Counsel Misinformed Thief of Consequences of Refusing Plea Deal and That Trial Court's Instructions to the Jury Were Impermissibly Vague

  • Toll Dallas v. Dusing

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Baker
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    Case Number: 03-18-00099-CV

    Appellees bought a home in 2015 from Pool, who in 2005 entered an agreement of sale with Tolls Dallas's predecessor for the construction and sale of the home.

  • Rent-A-Center, Inc. v. Hegar

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jeff Rose
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-18-00247-CV

    Appellant provides furniture and other goods under "rent to own" agreements. In its 2008 franchise tax report, it claimed a retailer's cost-of-goods-sold deduction based on its "rental-purchase sales."

  • LLM Bar Exam LLC v. Barbri Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Judd R. Spray, Law Office of Judd R. Spray, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee Barbri, Inc: Brian T. Burgess, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Christopher T. Holding (on the brief), Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA. For Defendants‐Appellees Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law, St. John's University School of Law, Sylvia T. Polo, Nitza Escalera, Fordham University School of Law, and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law: Peter S. Julian, Karen H. Lent (on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants‐Appellees Harvard Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Emory University School of Law: Scott E. Gant, Samuel S. Ungar, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 17-3463-cv

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  • Gant v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-18-00360-CV

    Appellants, ship pilots licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard, sought to apply for Texas deputy branch pilot certification and branch pilot licensure in Galveston County without going through the current process, claiming the process was unconstitutional in that it granted an impermissible monopoly to the Galveston-Texas City Pilots Association, or Gal-Tex.