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  • Curby Toussaint, Respondent, v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Appellant, et al., Defendants.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Labor Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Michael J. Garcia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. 16

    Toussaint v. Port Authority

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Jeffery Bush, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ying-Ying Ma, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ying-Ying Ma, for appellant.
    Case Number: No. 18

    People v. Jeffery Bush

  • Jennifer White, et al., Respondents, v. Andrew Cuomo, &c., et al., Appellants.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Paladino, for appellants.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Sherrin, for respondents
    Case Number: No. 12

    White v. Cuomo

  • Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Patrick J. Conlon, Daniel E. Bolia, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, Texas, on the brief, Justin Anderson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, District of Columbia. For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of Massachusetts: Richard A. Johnston, Melissa A. Hoffer, Christophe G. Courchesne, Amanda Morejon, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief, Seth Schofield, Assistant Attorney General, for Maura T. Healey, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. For Defendant-Appellee Attorney General of New York: Scott A. Eisman, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief, Anisha S. Dasgupta, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, New York. For Amici Curiae States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, and Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi and Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Jeffrey C. Mateer, First Assistant Attorney General, Brantley D. Starr, Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, James E. Davis, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, David J. Hacker, Special Counsel for Civil Litigation, for Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, Austin, Texas; Steve Marshall, Attorney General of Alabama; Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas; Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia; Jeff Landry, Attorney General of Louisiana; Paul R. LePage, Governor of Maine; Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi; Doug Peterson, Attorney General of Nebraska; Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Alan Wilson, Attorney General of South Carolina; Brad Schimel, Attorney General of Wisconsin. For Amici Curiae National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Megan L. Brown, Richard W. Smith, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Michael C. Dorf, Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law, Cornell Law School; Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Professor of Law, Deane School of Law, Hofstra University; Steven Heyman, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Robert Kerr, Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, Gaylord College, University of Oklahoma; Douglas Kysar, Deputy Dean and Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law, Yale Law School; Helen Norton, Professor and Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Chair in Constitutional Law, University of Colorado School of Law; Tamara R. Piety, Professor of Law, University of Tulsa, College of Law; Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, University of Maryland; Catherine J. Ross, Fred C. Stevenson Research Professor, George Washington University Law School; and Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School in support of Defendants-Appellees: Shanna M. Cleveland, Ronald A. Fein, Lisa Danetz, Free Speech for People, Newton, Massachusetts, and Steven H. Shiffrin, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York. For Amici Curiae Martha Coakley, Thomas Reilly, Scott Harshbarger, James M. Shannon, and Francis X. Bellotti, Former Attorneys General of Massachusetts in support of Defendants-Appellees: Edward Notis-McConarty, M. Patrick Moore, Jr., Vanessa A. Arslanian, Hemenway & Barnes LLP, Boston, MA. For Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General of Oregon, Salem, Oregon; Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, Sacramento, California; George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut; Russell A. Suzuki, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa; Janet T. Mills, Attorney General of Maine, Augusta, Maine; Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Lori Swanson, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi; Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey; Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina; Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island; Thomas J. Donovan, Jr., Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont; Mark R. Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, Olympia, Washington; Karl A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, for Amici Curiae States of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia in support of Defendants-Appel
    Case Number: 18-1770

    Exxon's Appeal as to NYAG Dismissed But Judgment as to Massachusetts AG Upheld

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC d/b/a Norris Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, John Schultz, (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in an employer's favor in a personal injury case, finding evidence of possible special circumstances for vicarious liability

  • In Re Estate of Curvan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lavant, Stockbridge, for appellee; Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1435

    Court reverses probate court's summary judgment order ruling on a decedent's last will because of factual issues raised by existence of a second will

  • Eley et al. v. Fedee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Williamson, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Schreck, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Catalina Alvarez, (Law Offices of Andrews & Manganiello), Tucker, for appellee; Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1513

    Impact Rule Applies to All Straightforward Claims of Negligence and Gross Negligence

  • Bevill v. Fletcher

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-40250

    A former police officer, who alleged that he was fired in retaliation for making unflattering remarks about county officials, successfully proved on appeal why the officials were not entitled to qualified immunity.

  • Texas Department v. Kerr

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pirtle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 07-21-00240-CV

    A state agency, that was sued for wrongful termination and failed to be granted a plea to the jurisdiction, successfully proved on appeal how that decision was incorrect.

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Melissa Pittman, (Assistant District Attorney Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1306

    Court reverses conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer where the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop a defendant