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  • 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:
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    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

  • Gamma Traders I LLC v. Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-17
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Gamma Traders-I LLC, et al.: Deborah Clark-Weintraub, Max R. Schwartz, Thomas L. Laughlin, IV, Jeffrey P. Jacobson, Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Woofter, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD; Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the briefs, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc., and Bank of America Corporation: Adam S. Hakki, on the brief, Richard F. Schwed, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Scott D. Musoff, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee John Pacilio: David H. McGill, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Edward Bases: Evan Cohen, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Stamford, CT.
    Case Number: 21-853

    Plaintiffs Fail to Allege They Were Injured by Defendants' Trading Activities

  • Tyson v. County of Sabine

    Publication Date: 2022-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-40590

    Wade Tyson called the sheriff's department to conduct a welfare check on appellant, his wife, reporting that he was out of town and appellant was home alone and distressed.

  • Torres v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2022-08-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-22-00004-CR

    A criminal defendant, who alleged that his convictions were in violation of his constitutional rights, successfully approved on appeal that he was entitled to relief on some of his claims.

  • In re Francys Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, S. Tate, Bo Coram, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daphne Totten, (Assistant District Attorney Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0608

    Court reverses contempt ruling that the trial judge had issued against a lawyer in a felony murder case, finding that the lawyer was not given his due process rights

  • USA v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2022-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-40091

    Appellant, Andres Alvarez, was stopped and frisked by Corpus Christi police, who were looking for a "Hispanic male who had once run away from police on a bicycle with large handlebars" in the area.

  • Gilbreath v. Horan

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rivas-Molloy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-17-00316-CV

    In 1964, Wesley Gilbreath, Sr. founded an advertising company focused on billboards.