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  • In The Interest of A. F. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Barnwell (Avrett Ponder & Withrock), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Kermit McManus, Matthew Thames (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0416

    Juvenile Court Failed to Make Particularized Assessment of Harm to Children

  • KI Chul HA v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-16-00161-CR

    After a jury trial appellant, Ki Chul Ha, was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft.

  • In The Interest of SMA

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-18-00004-CV

    Mother and father were appointed joint managing conservators of their daughter with father having the exclusive right to designate the child's primary residence.

  • In Interest of D S v. Matter of G S A G

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Fillmore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-17-01066-CV

    During divorce proceedings, a father signed an affidavit voluntary relinquishing parental rights to his daughter.

  • Land v. Land

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Boyce
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-17-00013-CV

    Wife brought post-divorce action seeking division of assets that was left undivided by the parties agreement and the return of the engagement ring.

  • In The Interest Of JLC A Child

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-18-00052-CV

    A mother and father appealed the trial court's order terminating their parental rights to their one year-old son after he tested positive for methamphetamine.

  • Cooling Water Intake Structure Coal. v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

    Publication Date: 2018-07-30
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew R. Wheeler, in his Official Capacity as Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,* National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Respondents
    for defendant: For Intervenor-Petitioner American Petroleum Institute: Fredric P. Andes, Jill M. Fortney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeffrey S. Longsworth, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Washington, DC.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Utility Water Act Group, Entergy Corporation: Andrew J. Turner, Todd S. Mikolop, Kerry L. McGrath, on the brief, Kristy A.N. Bulleit, Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Riverkeeper Inc., American Littoral Society, Casco Baykeeper, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Hackensack Riverkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Raritan Baykeeper, Inc. d/b/a NY/NJ Baykeeper, Save the Bay — Narragansett Bay, Scenic Hudson, Inc., Sierra Club, Soundkeeper, Inc., Surfrider Foundation, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., and for Intervenors Center for Biological Diversity, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Humboldt Baykeeper, Suncoast Waterkeeper, Inc., Puget Soundkeeper Alliance: Reed W. Super, Edan Rotenberg, Super Law Group, LLC, New York, NY.; For Intervenor-Petitioner Sierra Club, and for Intervenors Center for Biological Diversity, California Coastkeeper Alliance, Humboldt Baykeeper, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Suncoast Waterkeeper, Inc.: Eric E. Huber, Sierra Club, Boulder, CO.; For Intervenors-Petitioners Environment America, Environment Massachusetts: Charles C. Caldart, National Environmental Law Center, Seattle, WA.; For Respondents: Simi Bhat, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, Clifford E. Stevens, Jr., United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Denver, CO, on the brief; Richard T. Witt, Alexis Wade, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel, of counsel, Perry M. Rosen, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC; Bridget Kennedy McNeil, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section, Denver, CO.; For Amicus Curiae Clean Air Task Force: Ann Brewster Weeks, Legal Director, Clean Air Task Force, Boston, MA, of counsel, Andrew K. Jacoby, Varadi, Hair & Checki, LLC, New Orleans, LA.
    Case Number: 14-4645

    Rule, Opinions as to Water Intakes Were Based on Reasonable Interpretations of Statutes

  • In the Interest of J. W., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Evans (Attorney at Law), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellee. Robert Kunz (Attorney at Law), Douglasville; Gail Walters (Guardian Ad Litem), Douglasville, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0807

    Evidence Supported Finding That Guardianship With Child's Grandfather Was In Child's Best Interests

  • U.S. v. Townsend

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: District Judge Lawrence Vilardo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jo Ann M. Navickas, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, David K. Kessler, Assistant United States Attorney, for Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Daniel Habib, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 17-757-cr

    'Controlled Substance' for USSG Purposes Means Only Those Controlled Under Federal CSA

  • Hylton v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Nancy Morawetz, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY; Su Yon Yi, Queens Law Associates, Public Defenders, Forest Hills, NY, on the brief, Gerardo Romo, Kyle Barron, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Anthony C. Payne, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Alexander J. Lutz, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, for Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 17-1567-ag

    BIA Opinion Vacated; Conviction Under NYPL §221.45 Punishable as Federal Misdemeanor