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  • Hunt v. City of Diboll

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Neeley
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    Case Number: 12-17-00001-CV

    Appellants received notices of infractions for red light violations captured by red light cameras in appellee-City.

  • Border v. Ernesto

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
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    Case Number: 08-16-00094-CV

    Appellant, an environmental and demolition contractor, filed the underlying tort and contract claims against appellee, a licensed Texas attorney, based on alleged duties flowing from a continuing relationship and implied agreement of representation.

  • The State v. Peabody

    Publication Date: 2017-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Lara Snow (Cherokee County D.A.'S Office), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Willingham (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1258

    The trial court properly granted former lieutenant's motion to quash an indictment against him for two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the hot-car death of his K-9 dog because he was acting within the scope of his official job duties when the alleged crimes occurred and he was therefore entitled to the protections afforded by O.C.G.A. § 17-7-52, including timely notice of the grand jury proceeding and a copy of the proposed indictment, but State failed to comply with those statutory mandates.

  • November 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Appellate Lawyer on Mueller's Team Makes (Non-Russia) Case in DC Circuit

    For some lawyers working on Robert Mueller's special counsel team, life—that is, other cases—must go on. That was true Monday for U.S. Justice Department appellate lawyer Adam Jed, who took a break from his detail on Mueller's team to appear before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a case without a Russia connection.

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  • Holmes v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
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    Case Number: 08-16-00150-CR

    Appellant was indicted for possession of more than one but less than four grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.

  • Aguillen v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2017-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Morriss
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    Case Number: 06-17-00004-CR

    Appellant was indicted for two charges of indecency with a minor within his household. Over appellants repeated objections, a number of incidents of physical abuse of other minors in the home were admitted into evidence.

  • State_Elrod

    Publication Date: 2017-11-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Criminal Appeals
    Judge: Judge RICHARDSON
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    Case Number: PD-0704-16

    Elrods wife, Marshal Stovall, was arrested after she tried to cash a fraudulent check. She told officers where she was staying (in a motel), that Elrod and her children were in the same room, and that the room was being used to print counterfeit checks, drivers licenses and social security cards

  • November 1, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Gibson Dunn Snags Saharsky From Solicitor General's Office

    Nicole Saharsky, who has argued 29 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as an assistant to the U.S. solicitor general, is joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher as a partner and co-chair of the firm's appellate and constitutional law practice group.

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  • October 25, 2017 | Supreme Court Brief

    Why Are There So Few Women SCOTUS Advocates?

    New research shows women are significantly underrepresented in the elite ranks of advocates who argue before the court. Tony Mauro asked practitioners why and what can done about it.

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  • American Economy v. State of New York, No. 96

    Publication Date: 2017-10-24
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: New York State, Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman concur.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven C. Wu, for appellants.
    for defendant: Seth P. Waxman, for respondents. American Insurance Association et al.; Electrical Employers Self Insurance Safety Plan, amici curiae.
    Case Number: No. 96