• Jenkins v. State of Texas, 08-15-00366-CR (TexApp Dist 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD MCCLURE, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-15-00366-CR

    Appellant Brandon Lee Jenkins admitted shooting and killing Tracy Odell Holmes. The two men were arguing after appellant had argued with Holmes' daughter, Kadijas Holmes, who had a romantic rela

  • Doe v. Hagenbeck, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Incident-to-Service Rule Precluded Bivens Claim from Conduct at Military A

  • People v. Vasquez

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson, Lynne G. McGinnis and Kristine Alton Gutierrez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Carl J. Fabian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D069298

    Prejudicial error to allow victim's handwritten "timeline" of alleged sexual abuse to be displayed at trial (Aaron, J.)

  • City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Firefighters' Association, 04-15-00819-CV (4th COA. 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    Judge: LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-15-00819-CV

    Appellant the City of San Antonio and its firefighters union, the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 624, operate under a collective bargaining agreement. When the current CBA was due

  • September 5, 2017 | The Recorder

    People v. Iraheta

    C.A. 2nd; B261606 The Second Appellate District reversed a judgment. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that a gang expert’s…

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  • Pulte Home Corporation v. American Safety Indemnity Company

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Construction | Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-08-30
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, Robert C. Carlson, Sharon A. Huerta and Sarah P. Long, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Gregory D. Hagen; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson and Gary J. Wax, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070478

    Ambiguity in policy had to be construed in favor of insured (Huffman, Acting P.J.)

  • People v. Iraheta

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marilee Marshall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B261606

    Gang expert's reliance on field identification cards prepared by non-testifying officers violated confrontation clause (Aldrich, J.)

  • Smolen v. Hernandez, 157617/2016

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Part 22
    Judge: Justice Paul Goetz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 157617/2016

    Carrier Confirming Coverage Akin to Law Office Failure Defense, May Be Reasonable

  • Updike v. Multnomah County

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Ronald M. Gould, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl L. Post (argued), John Burgess, and Daniel Snyder, Law Offices of Daniel J. Snyder, Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jacqueline Kamins (argued), Assistant County Attorney; David N. Blankfeld, Multnomah County Attorney; Office of Multnomah County Attorney, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee Multnomah County.

    Case Number: No. 15-35254

    Triable issues of fact as to county's deliberate indifference to needs of deaf person incarcerated in county jail (Gould, J.)

  • Ybarra v. Filson

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Barry G. Silverman, Richard C. Tallman, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph M. Fiedler (argued) and Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Conner (argued), Assistant Solicitor General; Adam Paul Laxalt, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondents-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-17326 No. 17-15793 No. 17-71465

    Contradictions in state court's analysis of death row inmate's claim of intellectual disability warranted reconsideration (Tallman, J.)