• Harris v. State of Texas, 04-16-00681-CR (4th COA. 07/26/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    Judge: MARIALYN BARNARD, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-16-00681-CR

    A police officer pulled over a car for a minor traffic violation. Appellant Demoria Harris, a felon, was a passenger in the car. The officer searched the car after detecting an odor of marijuana, an

  • NewCSI v. Staffing, 16-50009 (5th Cir. 07/25/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-25
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Judge: JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, CIRCUIT JUDGE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-50009

    In August 2013, Staffing 360 acquired Control Solutions International from its parent company, NewCSI, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement. The stock purchase agreement required Staffing 360 to c

  • United Scaffolding v. Levine, 15-0921 (TexApp Dist 06/30/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-30
    Court: Supreme Court of Texas
    Judge: PAUL W. GREEN, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 15-0921

    Levine, a pipefitter, alleged that he slipped on scaffolding, injuring his neck. He sued United Scaffolding, Inc. (USI), claiming that it improperly constructed the scaffold and failed to remedy or

  • Super Starr v. Fresh Tex, 13-16-00663-CV (TexApp Dist 07/20/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-20
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Thirteenth
    Judge: NELDA V. RODRIGUEZ, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-16-00663-CV

    The parties executed a distribution agreement, and formed an LLC, for the development and sale of hybrid papayas. Following an unsuccessful attempt to renegotiate the expired exclusivity provision a

  • USA v. Barinas, 16-2218

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Calabresi, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Susan Corkery, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief, Michael T. Keilty, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Barry D. Leiwant, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, New York, on the brief, Samuel I. Jacobson, Assistant Federal Defender, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 16-2218

    Supervision's Revocation Affirmed; Violation Charge's Adjudication Did Not Violate 'Spec

  • Andrews v. Blick Art Materials, LLC, 17-CV-767

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Jack B. Weinstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Andrews: Anne Seeling, C.K. Lee, Lee Litigation Group, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Blick Art Materials, LLC: David Seth Korzenik, Terrence Patrick Keegan, Miller Korzenik Sommers LLP, New York, NY. Steve Baron, Steven Mandell, Mandell Menkes LLC, Chicago, IL.

    Case Number: 17-CV-767

    Internet Use by Disabled Emphasized in Holding Store 'Place of Public Accommodation' Und

  • People v. Echavarria

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-03
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, A. Natasha Cortina and Meagan J. Beale, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Allison H. Ting, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. E065257

    Juror misconduct mandated reversed of murder conviction (Miller, J.)

  • People v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-03
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler and Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorneys General, Shawn McGahey Webb and Blythe J. Leszkay, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Sunnie L. Daniels, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B264452

    No showing of Boykin-Tahl violation in Oregon plea proceedings (Epstein, P.J.)

  • Window Rock Unified School District v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2017-08-03
    Practice Area: Native American Law | Education Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Paul G. Rosenblatt, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Consuelo M. Callahan, Morgan Christen, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eileen Dennis GilBride (argued) and Georgia A. Staton, Jones Skelton & Hochuli P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Patrice M. Horstman, Hufford Horstman Mongini Parnell & Tucker P.C., Flagstaff, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Paul Spruhan (argued), Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellants Richie Nez, Casey Watchman, Ben Smith, Woody Lee, Jerry Bodie, and Evelyn Meadows.

    Case Number: No. 13-16259 No. 13-16278

    Tribal courts had jurisdiction over employment disputes involving Arizona public schools operating on tribal lands (Friedland, J.)

  • In re J.C.

    Publication Date: 2017-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-02
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Melissa Lipon, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Lauren E. Dodge, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. C080391

    Mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for juvenile offender not cruel and unusual punishment (Duarte, J.)