• Brown v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-12-22
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Milam, District Attorney, Jackson, and Jason Johnston, Assistant District Attorney, Barnesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1094

    The trial court erred in failing to merge for sentencing purposes defendant's convictions on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious injury, because there was only one accid

  • In Re: Clay Whittle

    Publication Date: 2016-11-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson and William Keogh Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas McCants Public Defender's Office, Augusta, and John Kraft, Wamego, KS, for appellee. Other party representation: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Augusta.

    Case Number: A16A1371

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying sheriff's motion to quash a subpoena filed by probationer to obtain the sheriff's department's investigative file for charges upon which State

  • USA v. Rosemond, 15-940-cr

    Publication Date: 2016-11-14
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Elizabeth Hanft, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Samson Enzer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jonathan I. Edelstein, Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-940-cr

    Cite as: USA v. Rose 15-940-cr, NYLJ 1202772035157, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 1, 2016) CASENAME United States of America, Appellee v. James J. Rose

  • US v. James Rosemond, 15-940-cr

    Publication Date: 2016-11-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Cabranes, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Elizabeth Hanft, Karl Metzner, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Samson Enzer, Assistant United States Attorney, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Jonathan I. Edelstein, Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-940-cr

    Cite as: US v. Rosemond, 15-940-cr, NYLJ 1202771342351, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 1, 2016)CASE NAMEUnited States of America, Appellee v. James J. Rosemo

  • United States of America v. Curtis Marrow Howell, 15-10336 (5th Cir. 09/22/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-22
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: PRISCILLA RICHMAN OWEN, CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-10336

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasBefore CLEMENT and OWEN, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.[A HR

  • USA v. Hill, 14-3872-cr

    Publication Date: 2016-08-12
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Livingston, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee For the United States of America: Daniel S. Silver, Amy Busa, Seth D. DuCharme, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, N.Y., for Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant For Elvin Hill: Yuanchung Lee, Federal Defenders of New York, New York, N.Y.

    Case Number: 14-3872-cr

    Cite as: USA v. Hill, 14-3872-cr, NYLJ 1202764831445, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 3, 2016) CASENAME United States of America, Appellee v. Elvin Hill, a/k/a

  • Chevron v. Donziger, 14-0826

    Publication Date: 2016-08-09
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Parker, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Randy M. Mastro, Andrea E. Neuman, Caitlin J. Halligan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, New York, William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, on the brief, Theodore B. Olson, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Steven Donziger, The Law Offices of Steven R. Donziger, and Donziger & Associates, PLLC.: Gregory A. Beck, Jonathan E. Taylor, Gupta Beck, Washington, D.C.; Justin Marceau, John Campbell, Denver, Colorado, on the brief, Deepak Gupta, Washington, D.C. For Defendants-Appellants Hugo Gerardo Camacho Naranjo and Javier Piaguaje Payaguaje: Burt Neuborne, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae The Republic of Ecuador, in support of neither party: Eric W. Bloom, Lauren B. Schuttloffel, Eric M. Goldstein, Nassim H. Hooshmandnia, of counsel, Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Amnesty International, Amazon Watch, 350 Bay Area, Center for Environmental Health, CT Citizen Action Group, Food and Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, Global Exchange, The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, The International Accountability Project, Justice in Nigeria Now!, Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas, Media Alliance, Pachamama Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, Rights Action and Sunflower Alliance, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Jonathan Moore, Terry Gross, Adam C. Belsky, Monique Alonso, San Francisco, California; Thomas Bennigson, Public Good Law Center, Berkeley, California, of counsel, Gross Belsky Alonso, San Francisco, California. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae International Law Professors, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Donald K. Anton, Canberra, Australia. Filed a brief as Amicus Curiae, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Robert Blakey, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Kate Comerford Todd, Tyler R. Green, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., of counsel, Christopher J. Walker, Columbus, Ohio. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Keith S. Rosenn, Francisco Reyes, and Raul Nunez Ojeda, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Aaron D. Van Oort, Jeffrey P. Justman, of counsel, Faegre Bakers Daniels, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Jurists, in partial support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard J. Holwell, of counsel, Holwell, Shuster & Goldberg, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, of counsel, Richard A. Samp, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Business Roundtable and International Law Scholars, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: Roger P. Alford, Notre Dame, Indiana. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Richard Janda, Juan C. Pinto, and Carolina Cruz Vinaccia, in support of Defendants-Appellants: William B. Shipley, Genthod, Switzerland, of counsel, Jesse P. Levine, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae EarthRights International, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Marco B. Simons, Jonathan G. Kaufman, Michelle Harrison, Benjamin Hoffman, of counsel, Richard L. Herz, Washington, D.C. Filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Legal Momentum, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee: G. Elaine Wood, New York, NY. Filed a brief for Amici Curiae Proposed Huaorani Intervenors, in partial support of Defendants-Appellants: K. Lee Crawford-Boyd, Los Angeles, California; Judith Kimerling, New York, New York, of counsel, Schwarcz, Rimberg, Boyd & Rader, Los Angeles, California.

    Case Number: 14-0826(L)

    Cite as: Chevron v. Do , 14-0826, NYLJ 1202764629838, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 8, 2016)CASE NAMEChevron Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Steven Do

  • Boatright v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2016-04-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Britt Karsman, McKenzie Hart, Savannah, and Nathan Williams The Williams Litigation Group PC, Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hieu Nguyen and Phillip Hartley Harben, Hartley Hawkins LLP, Gainesville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A15A2043

    The trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's personal injury lawsuit against a school superintendent and school board members arising after he suffered permanent injuries when a cannon that w

  • HAW Fin. Advisors LLC v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2016-04-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Gross, Sean Smith, and Alison Ballard Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Gunnemann, Michael Eber, Jeffrey Willis, Jennifer Virostko Rogers Hardin LLP, Atlanta, and Hylton Dupree Dupree Kimbrough LLP, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A15A2298

    Pursuant to the terms of an employment agreement, the trial court did not err in finding that the defendant/counterclaim plaintiff was the prevailing party in his former em

  • United States v. Beene, 14-30476 (5th Cir. 03/08/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-04-04
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    Date Filed: 2016-03-08
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-30476

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Before WIENER, SOUTHWICK, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges./majorit