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  • In Re Montelongo

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-00795-CV

    Relator was maternal grandmother of two children who had an order granting her possession and access to the children during specified periods.

  • Willis v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-19-00002-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of continuous abuse of a child under fourteen years old.

  • Moreno v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Myers
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 05-18-00271-CR

    A jury found appellant guilty of aggravated kidnapping; he entered a plea of not true to the enhancement alleging a prior felony conviction for aggravated assault.

  • Walker v. Beaumont Independent

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Engelhardt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-40752

    Appellants brought suit asserting they were victims of an extensive, long-lasting conspiracy designed to prevent African-Americans in Beaumont from gaining power and influence.

  • Spring Branch Independent v. OW

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-20274

    After years of private schooling, O.W., a minor, enrolled in the fifth grade in the Spring Branch Independent School District.

  • Ramjattansingh v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Landau
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-15-01089-CR

    Appellant challenged his conviction for a Class A misdemeanor of DWI, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) denying his requests for jury instructions on unlawful arrests and custodial interrogation; (2) refusing to allow his counsel to present jury argument on the unlawfulness of the arrest; and (3) admitting an audio recording of the call for emergency assistance from a tow truck driver who observed appellant driving erratically on the night of his arrest as violative of the Confrontation Clause.

  • Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Merrill

    Publication Date: 2019-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Michael J. Wishnie, Supervising Attorney, on the brief, Alaa Chaker, Law Student Intern, Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic, Yale Law School.
    for defendant: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: David N. Rosen, on the brief, Alexander T. Taubes, David Rosen & Associates, P.C., New Haven, Connecticut; Benjamin D. Alter, Bradford M. Berry, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., New York, New York, and Baltimore, Maryland. For Defendants-Appellants: Maura Murphy Osborne, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Michael K. Skold, Assistant Attorney General, for William Tong, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
    Case Number: 19-576-cv

    Challenge to Connecticut Redistricting Plan Should Have Been Referred to Three-Judge Court

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Morrison, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney, Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1444

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking conviction over defendant's objection to evidence seized from his vehicle

  • Cordova v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Worthington, (Coxen & Worthington LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney's Office), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1152

    Statements to Police Are Not Rendered Inadmissible Merely Because the Perpetrator Was Intoxicated at the Time

  • In re I.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Justice Codrington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: E071757

    Reunification services may be bypassed where minor was subject of prior failed reunification services