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  • Rider v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Strong, (Imhoff and Associates PC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1727

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and drug offenses over defendant's claims of error and evidentiary and jury charge challenges

  • Allen v. San Diego Convention Center Corporation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
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    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Presiding Justice McConnell
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    Case Number: D080045

    Denial of class certification constitutes appealable order where it was "death knell" of plaintiff's remaining claims

  • State of Texas v. Zuniga

    Publication Date: 2022-12-26
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
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    Case Number: 14-21-00757-CR

    A criminal defendant, who obtained habeas corpus relief by arguing a law was unconstitutional on its face, failed to prove on appeal that the trial court was correct in its decision.

  • In the Estate of Allen

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
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    Case Number: 08-21-00184-CV

    In 2019, the decedent Ricky Ray Allen passed away leaving behind his wife, appellant Lisa Allen, and two children, Robert Corey and Beckey, from his previous marriage to Ruth Allen.

  • Ex parte Ortiz

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Martinez
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    Case Number: 04-22-00260-CR

    Appellant is a noncitizen who was charged with criminal trespass on September 27, 2021, for trespassing on private property in Kinney County.

  • Walker County v. City of Huntsville

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Johnson
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    Case Number: 10-22-00009-CV

    The City of Huntsville, Texas sued the Walker County Emergency Services District and its officers and commissioners for alleged ultra vires acts, such as annexing a new territory that the City claims was within their extraterrestrial jurisdiction without the City's authorization.

  • Laydon v. Coperatieve Rabobank U.A.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-14
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Michael H. Park
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Jeffrey Laydon: Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the brief, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees UBS AG and UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.: Russell B. Balikian, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Mark A. Kirsch, Eric J. Stock, Jefferson E. Bell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendant-Appellee Lloyds Banking Group PLC.: Lisa J. Fried, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY; Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Marc J. Gottridge, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Société Générale S.A.: Steven Wolowitz, Andrew J. Calica, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Nicole A. Saharsky, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.: David R. Gelfand, Tawfiq S. Rangwala, Milbank LLP, New York, NY; Mark D. Villaverde, Milbank LLP, Los Angeles, CA. For Defendants-Appellees The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and RBS Securities Japan Ltd.: David S. Lesser, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY; Robert G. Houck, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-3626

    Dismissal of Claims Alleging Conspiracy to Manipulate Benchmark Interest Rates Is Affirmed

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Elizabeth York, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Samuel d’Entremont, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1297

    Court affirms convictions for kidnapping and sexual battery over defendant's challenges to admission of other acts evidence and allegations of no proof of venue

  • Praultshell, Inc. et al. v. River City Bank

    Publication Date: 2022-12-07
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Conerly, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leon Jones, Jameson Killorin, (Jones & Walden, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1512

    COVID-19-Related Orders Closing Restaurants Did Not Support Impossibility Defense to Action For Breach of Promissory Note

  • City of Roswell v. Hernandez-Flores

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Kyle Koester, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0985

    Court reverses denial of a City's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that the City had not waived its sovereign immunity defense