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  • USA v. Joseph Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wiener
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-20149

    Appellant pleaded guilty to receipt and possession of child pornography but did not plead guilty to an additional charge of distributing child pornography.

  • Swift Energy v. Regency Field Services

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-17-00638-CV

    Appellant sued appellees for damage to its leased minerals allegedly caused by a gas injectate spreading from appellees' nearby injection well.

  • Ebby Halliday v. Dugas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Commercial Law | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pedersen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-17-01028-CV

    Appellant's employee Estes was commissioned to sell a condo and listed property on the MLS database which assessed the square footage as "1,178 / Tax."

  • Williams v. The State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-17-00815-CR

    After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of continuous trafficking of persons and was sentenced to fifty years imprisonment.

  • Martinez v. San Antonio Alliance

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-18-00421-CV

    Appellee, San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Personnel Support filed the underlying lawsuit alleging a contract entered into between the San Antonio Independent School District and Democracy Prep Public Schools, Inc. was void pursuant to section 11.174 of the Texas education code.

  • In the Interest of IL

    Publication Date: 2019-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-18-00742-CV

    Mother appealed a final order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

  • Hill v. Burnett

    Publication Date: 2019-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Ney, (William Brent Ney, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shanti Nagrani, (Attorney At Law), Alpharetta, Amy Waggoner, (Waggoner Hastings, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee. Michael D. Thornton, Lakeisha L. Thornton, Stockbridge, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A1655

    Court agrees that former same-sex partner's claims for parental rights and visitation were justiciable and reverses attorney fee award against her

  • Hewlett v. Hewlett et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Harris, (Stephen H. Harris, Attorney at Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Waters, (Attorney At Law), Richmond Hill, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1821

    Court reverses parental rights termination order

  • U.S. v. Hendricks

    Publication Date: 2019-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Rajit S. Dosanjh, Assistant United States Attorney, for Grant C. Jaquith, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellant: Steven Y. Yurowitz, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 15-2525-cr

    Credit Union Robbery Is 'Crime of Violence'; Error in Admitting Victim Testimony Harmless

  • Grailer v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-04-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Martin, Lawrence Washburn, (Law Offices of Lawrence L. Washburn III, PC), Lawrenceville, Michelle Stovall, Lawrenceville, for appellee. Michelle Vereen, (Juvenile Court of Gwinnett County), Lawrenceville, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A2101

    Court approves modification to child custody order but reverses orders granting support payments and attorneys fees.