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  • Timmons et al. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hall, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1262

    Bank was not entitled to summary judgment because it was not entitled to holder in due course status under a vehicle sales contract

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1014

    Trial Judge's Implied Expression of Opinion as to Defendant's Guilt Was Plain Error, Warranting New Trial

  • Mitchell v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Radack
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    Case Number: 01-18-00586-CR

    A jury convicted appellant Mitchell of murder and assessed his punishment at 55 years' confinement.

  • Cunningham v. Waymire

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Litigation
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
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    Case Number: 14-17-00883-CV

    When appellant became upset that his daughter was seeking psychiatric therapy for her son, he demanded that she stop her son's therapy and threatened to send letters to the Department of Family and Protective Services suggesting that his daughter and her husband were using drugs and had molested their son.

  • In Re Rebekah Gee

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Government
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 19-30353

    Plaintiffs brought a "cumulative-effects challenge" to Louisiana's laws regulating abortion, arguing the provisions taken as a whole were unconstitutional.

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, Elizabeth Morgan Kendrick, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0785

    Court affirms murder conviction over defendant's challenges to jury instructions, and arguments on his right to be present and on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Cenac v. Orkin LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Evidence
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Davis
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    Case Number: 18-31121

    Appellants challenged the district court's summary-judgment dismissal of their claims, arguing that there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether Orkin was contractually obligated to pay for the cost of repairing the termite damage to their home.

  • November 1, 2019 | Law.com

    The Best Law Firms for Pro Bono in the UK

    A comprehensive survey by Law.com affiliate Legal Week has for the first time revealed which firms dedicate the most resources to pro bono work in the UK.

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  • October 31, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

    Chief Legal Officer of Anthem Unit Discloses His Financial Worth in Senate Document

    Matthew Solomson, who has been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, earned over $500,000 last year at Anthem, according to his disclosure documents.

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  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Elaine Hildebrand, (Hildebrand Law Office, P.C.), LaFayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Allen Arnt, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr., (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Michael Alexander Oldham, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Alan Christopher Norton, (Luther-Anderson, PPLP), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1394

    Circumstantial Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Armed Robbery Conviction