• Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Walter Donnelly, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, John Allen Regan, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G1037

    Court rules that adjudication of guilt upon revocation of first-offender status is directly appealable, and reverses appellate court judgment that dismissed appeal for lack of jurisdiction

  • Smith et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Ray McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Christopher Michael Quinn, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee; Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel L. Alban, Anna J. Goodman, (Institute For Justice), Arlington, Paul Oliver, Les A. Schneider, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Leland Walker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S23G0701

    Court reverses and remands civil asset forfeiture case, finding that the State's complaint failed to adequately allege essential elements of theft by taking.

  • Huynh v. Blanchard

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0676

    Petitioners are a poultry producer and local farmers and growers.

  • Carillo v. Zaragoza

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Partida-Kipness
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-23-00282-CV

    Appellee filed suit against appellant claiming he entered into a verbal agreement to rent land and a mobile home to appellant but that appellant failed to pay rent on numerous occasions.

  • Jones v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-22-00283-CR

    Officers were speaking with appellant about an incident when he pushed an officer's arm and moved quickly toward the officer's face.

  • Baisley v. Slade Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Kenneth M. Karas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Francis X. Young, Esq., Law Offices of Francis X. Young, PLLC, White Plains, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Catherine G. Bryan, Esq., Connell Foley LLP, Newark, NJ. Counsel for Defendant: Justin M. Vogel, Esq., LeClairRyan, Newark, NJ.

    Case Number: 22-CV-3791

    Res Ipsa Loquitor Theory of Elevator Accident, Foot Injury May Be Presented to Jury

  • Ward v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, Walter Eddy, (Whitfield County District Attorney’s Office), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0174

    Court affirms conviction for family violence battery, rejecting defendant's multiple challenges to evidence and jury instructions

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Freddie T. Wright, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chelsea F. Lopez, for appellant.
    for defendant: Danielle O'Boyle, for respondent.

    Case Number: No. 55

    People v. Freddie T. Wright

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    Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Boeing CEO Gets Grilled Over Safety Lapses, Talc Plaintiffs File Medical Monitoring Class Action

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  • Pack Prop. XIV, LLC v. Remington Prosper, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pedersen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-22-01211-CV

    Lebowitz sought to open a Subaru dealership and, through his company, appellant T&T Realty Corp., purchased property from appellee for $7.3 million.