• Hyland v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond J. Lohier, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Kathryn Hyland, Melissa Garcia, Jessica Saint-Paul, Rebecca Spitler-Lawson, Michelle Means, Elizabeth Kaplan, Jennifer Guth, Megan Nocerino, Elizabeth Taylor, and Anthony Church, each individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated: Faith E. Gay, Yelena Konanova, David A. Coon, Max Siegel, on the brief, Caitlin J. Halligan, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY; Mark Richard, Phillips, Richard & Rind, P.A., Miami, FL.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Navient Corporation, Navient Solutions, LLC: Ashley M. Simonsen, Covington & Burling LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrew A. Ruffino, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY. For Objector-Appellant William Yeatman: Anna St. John, Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, Center for Class Action Fairness, Washington, DC. For Objector-Appellant Richard Estle Carson, III: Eric Alan Isaacson, Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson, La Jolla, CA.

    Case Number: 20-3765-cv

    Fair Settlement's Cy Pres Award Aids Class Member Navigation of Loan Forgiveness Program

  • Luke v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Costa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-50791

    Plaintiff/appellant Cameron Luke, who is deaf, was arrested for marijuana possession.

  • Menzia v. Austin Indep School

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-50979

    In 2017, Z.M.-D. immigrated to the United States from Cameroon and attended sixth grade at a middle school in appellee Austin Independent School District.

  • King v. Baylor University

    Publication Date: 2022-09-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-50352

    Appellant, Allison King, enrolled online for the Spring 2020 semester at Baylor University for undergraduate "educational services," including meals and on-campus activities.

  • West et al. v. Bowser et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-09
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance McCoy, (The McCoy Law Firm), Cartersville, Robert Walker, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Luskin, Robert Noble, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kathleen Simcoe, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0055

    Court affirms order compelling arbitration in a wrongful death matter and determines that the underlying arbitration agreement is enforceable.

  • U.S. v. Ragonese

    Publication Date: 2022-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Christine I. Magdo, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel H. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorney, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Colleen P. Cassidy, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-3371-cr

    Prior State Conviction Is Held Categorically Related to Sexual Abuse of a Minor

  • Griffith v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rodriguez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-21-00289-CV

    In 2009, appellant, Kenneth Griffith, and appellee, Martha Reyes were divorced via a final decree signed by a judge in the Medina County Court of Law.

  • Belya v. Kapral

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Richard B. Katskee, on the brief, Bradley Girard, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin, Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Daniel H. Blomberg, Lori H. Windham, Daniel D. Benson, on the brief, Diana Verm Thomson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, and Donald J. Feerick, Jr., Feerick Nugent MacCartney, PLLC, South Nyack, NY. For Amici Curiae Professor Michael W. McConnell and Professor Douglas Laycock: Thomas G. Hungar, Andrew G.I. Kilberg, John Matthew Butler, Jason Manion, Macey L. Olave, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Assemblies of God (USA), Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd, Daniel J. Hay, John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen, Ryan N. Gardner, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI. James A. Campbell, Solicitor General of Nebraska; Douglas J. Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; David T. Bydalek, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Chris Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas; Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi; Eric S. Schmitt, Attorney General of Missouri; Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of Montana; John M. O'Connor, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; and Sean D. Reyes, Attorney General of Utah, for Amici Curiae States of Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah, in support of Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: 21-1498

    Church Autonomy, Collateral Order Doctrines Discussed in Defamation Appeal's Dismissal

  • Texas Fair Plan v. Ahmed

    Publication Date: 2022-08-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-20-00585-CV

    Appellee, Adil Ahmed, had his home insured by appellant Texas FAIR Plan Association and sustained hail damage in spring 2015.

  • Williams v. MTA Bus Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Compliance | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Ike Williams: David John Hommel, on the reply brief, Andrew Rozynski, Eisenberg & Baum, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee MTA Bus Company: Gabriella Palencia, Executive Agency Counsel, for David Farber, General Counsel, MTA Bus Company, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-2985

    Applicant's Qualifications for Job Sought Not Shown; No Bias in Denial of ASL Interpreter