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  • Frady v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1011

    Court reverses convictions for burglary and other crimes due to trial court's improper admission of "other acts" evidence regarding defendant's character

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Timothy Shader, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Shirley Troutman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jill K. Sanders, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erin N. La Valley, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 101

    People v. Timothy Shader

  • Liggins et al. v. Parkwood Living, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1534

    Court reverses summary judgment and damages award that had been in favor of a purchaser in a property sale contract dispute, and dismisses purchaser's cross-appeal for attorney fees

  • Davis v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-22-00307-CV

    Appellant and appellees formed Precision Frac, a company that provided water transfer products and services to the fracking industry.

  • Sowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Kyle Bowland, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Dawsonville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0949

    Court affirms DUI-related convictions for vehicular homicide and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of certain expert testimony and contentions of insufficient evidence

  • Reid v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Pérez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Everod Ray Anthony Reid: Molly Lauterback, Sophie Dalsimer, Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief, Andrew D. Bergman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Houston, TX.
    for defendant: For Respondent Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Former Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, in support of Petitioner: John J. Clarke, Jr., Subarkah Syafruddin, John O. Wray, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society, and Open Immigration Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: John Harland Giammatteo, Staff Attorney and Justice Catalyst Fellow, Lutheran Social Services of New York, Immigration Legal Program, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Pangea Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: Allen Burton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Martha F. Hutton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 20-3324

    IJ Improperly Applied Framework to Protect Rights of Noncitizens Who May Be Incompetent

  • Farhane v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Naz Ahmad, Mudassar Toppa, Clear Project, Main Street Legal Services, Inc., CUNY School of Law, Long Island City, NY; Alan E. Schoenfeld, Emily Barnet, Sandra Redivo, Trena M. Riley, Dylan Reichman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Thad Eagles, Jeremy W. Brinster, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; Asma S. Jaber, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, on the brief, Ramzi Kassem.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Jun Xiang, Hagan Scotten, on the brief, Karl Metzner, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: John C. Yang, Niyati Shah, Marita Etcubañez, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Washington, DC; Andrew Z. Michaelson, Mateo de la Torre, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Immigrant Defense Project in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Andrew Wachtenheim, Nabilah Siddiquee, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Federal Public Defender's Office for the Western District of New York, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Connecticut, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Vermont, and Office of the Public Defender for the Northern District of New York in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Joel B. Rudin, Matthew A. Wasserman, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY; Richard D. Willstatter, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; S. Isaac Wheeler, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Immigration Law in Support of Petitioner-Appellant Abderrahmane Farhane: Alyssa Barnard-Yanni, Andrew D. Silverman, Daniel A. Rubens, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Lauren A. Weber, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA.
    Case Number: 20-1666

    Lawyer Must Inform Naturalized Citizen of Risk of Deportation After Denaturalization

  • Sloan v. Sloan

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Womack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-23-00361-CV

    Prior to the parties' marriage, appellee owned a house in Florida and retired from his employment which resulted in a payment of pension benefits to him.

  • In the Matter of J.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-24-00478-CV

    A juvenile, who alleged that the trial court erred in transferring him to criminal district court, successfully proved on appeal that he was entitled to relief.

  • Texas Mut. Ins. Co. v. Laird

    Publication Date: 2024-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-24-00369-CV

    Appellant Texas Mutual Insurance Co. appealed a judgment awarding death benefits under the Texas Workers Compensation Act.