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September 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Off-Limits? Judicial Authority Takes Center Stage in Dispute Over Municipal Utility Rates

"The legislative body whose job it is to decide what the rates should be, whether they encompass profit or not, is the city council," argued appellee counsel Rebecca Woods of Seyfarth Shaw in Atlanta.

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People v. Clark

Publication Date: 2024-09-24
Practice Area: Criminal Law
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Court: District Court, Nassau
Judge: Judge David W. Wright
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Case Number: CR-012977-23NA

Disciplinary Records of Officers Part of Mandatory Discovery, Case Dismissed

In the Interest of A. E., a Child

Publication Date: 2024-09-24
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nathan Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronald Richards, (The Law Office of Ronald M. Richards & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for other party.
Case Number: A24A1018

Court reverses juvenile court's order that granted temporary custody of a minor child to DFCS, citing insufficient evidence of parental unfitness, and remans case for an evidentiary hearing

Appellate Division, First Department: September 23, 2024

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
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Case Number: DOCKET

Appeals List & Motions List released on:September 19, 2024

Dial v. Burge

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, for appellant.
for defendant: LeAnne Cooper, (Petrelli Previtera, LLC), Covington, for appellee.
Case Number: A24A0885

Court reverses dismissal of petition for child support modification based on alleged income loss where petition was filed within an exception of the two-year limitation in OCGA § 19-6-15 (k) (2)

In the Matter of J.H.

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Family Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Wise
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Case Number: 14-22-00894-CV

In 2021, appellant engaged in delinquent conduct by committing aggravated robbery with a firearm on two occasions.

In the Int. of R.R.A.

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Poissant
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Case Number: 14-22-00217-CV

In March 2020, the children at issue were removed from appellant's care due to homelessness and his positive methamphetamine tests.

U.S. v. Suquilanda

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Eunice C. Lee
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jane Y. Chong, on the brief, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant: S. Isaac Wheeler & Allegra Glashausser, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA.
for defendant: For Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Justice Strategies, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Legal Aid Justice Center, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, and National Immigration Law Center, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Nicholas D. Espiritu, Los Angeles, CA & Max S. Wolson, Washington, DC, National Immigration Law Center; Ghita Schwarz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, New York, NY. For Legal Service Providers and Immigrant Rights Organizations, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Ann Garcia, Khaled Alrabe, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Washington, DC; Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL. For Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Human Rights First, and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Michele A. McKenzie, McKenzie Scott PC, San Diego, CA. For Critical Race and Nation Studies, and Professor Eric Fish, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Alexander G. Tievsky, Edelson PC, Chicago, IL, for the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, the Aoki Center. For Dr. S. Deborah Kang, amicus curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Philip L. Torrey, Crimmigration Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA. For Immigration Scholars, amici curiae in support of Defendant-Appellant: Amanda Valerio, Washington, DC & Alexia D. Korberg, Melina Meneguin Layerenza, Patrick McCusker, New York, NY, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Case Number: 22-1197-cr

Defect in NTA Did Not Strip Immigration Court of Jurisdiction to Order Initial Removal

McClelland v. Katy Indep. Sch. Dist.

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Education Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Wise
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Case Number: 14-22-00432-CV

Appellant, a high school football player, was disciplined for making a racially charged video and later for possessing marijuana.

In re Krystal Christon

Publication Date: 2024-09-23
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Family Law
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Johnson
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Case Number: 10-24-00158-CV

The parties' final decree of divorce included a residential geographic restriction to Bezos County, Montgomery County or a contiguous county imposed upon the mother who was granted the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.