• In re: Ursa Operating Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Barton, Barton and Burrows LLC, Mission, KS for appellants.
    for defendant: Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP. Wilmington, Delaware; Ana Alfonso, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 22-1729

    Wrongfully retained mineral royalties were not part of a debtor's estate where applicable state law granted lessors a property interest proceeds, meaning debtor had no equitable interest in the funds.

  • Trejo v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Valenzuela
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-21-00570-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of criminally negligent homicide and assault after he caused a fatal collision with another driver.

  • Goldberg v. Pace University

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Covid-19 | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Brett Goldberg: Lee A. Goldberg, on the brief, Morris E. Cohen, Goldberg Cohen LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Pace University: Suzanne M. Messer, on the brief, Johnathan B. Fellows, Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-1377

    University's 'Emergency Closings' Provision Applied to COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Ateres Bais Yaakov Academy of Rockland v. Town of Clarkstown

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Contractual Disputes | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Yehudah L. Buchweitz, Kevin M. Simmons, David Yolkut, on the briefs, Joshua Halpern, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC, Dallas, TX & New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: John M. Flannery, on the brief, Eliza M. Scheibel, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1741-cv

    RLUIPA Suiut Remanded; Finality Attached to Zoning Ruling, Article III Traceability Met

  • In the Matter of the Claim of Sylvia Leroy v. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    Judge: Unsigned Lynch, J.P., Clark, Ceresia, Fisher and Mackey, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV-23-0410

    In the Matter of the Claim of Sylvia Leroy v. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center et al.

  • In the Matter of the Claim of Tara Brown v. Buffalo Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    Judge: Unsigned Egan Jr., J.P., Clark, Aarons, Ceresia and Mackey, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 536090

    In the Matter of the Claim of Tara Brown v. Buffalo Transportation, Inc.

  • U.S. v. Mendonca

    Publication Date: 2023-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard E. Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Kevin Trowel, Marietou Diouf, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Genny Ngai, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Sarah Baumgartel, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc., Appeals Bureau, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-826-cr

    Challenges to Conviction Were Not Properly Preserved Below; Judgment Is Affirmed

  • Vans Inc. v. MSCHF Product Studio Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Philip A. Goldstein, McGuire Woods LLP, New York, NY; Tanya L. Greene, McGuire Woods LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief, Lucy Jewett Wheatley, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Megan K. Bannigan, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; William D. Patterson, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago IL, on the brief, David H. Bernstein. For Amicus Curiae Daniel Arsham in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Vivek Jayaram, Jayaram Law Group, Chicago, IL. For Amici Curiae Emmanuel Perrotin, Jean-Paul Engelen in Support of Defendant-Appellant: Ronald D. Coleman, Dhillon Law Group Inc., Newark, NJ. For Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Mark A. Lemley, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc., and Accessories Council in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Zachary D. Cohen, Rachel W. Adams, on the brief, John P. O'Herron, ThompsonMcMullan, P.C., Richmond, VA. For Amicus Curiae Nike, Inc., in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Tamar Y. Duvdevani, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY, on the brief, Stanley Panikowski, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA. For Amicus Curiae International Trademark Association in Support of neither party: Martin Schwimmer, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY; David Donahue, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C., New York, NY, on the brief, Vijay K. Toke, Rimon P.C., San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae Authors Alliance, Mason Rothschild, Alfred Steiner in Support of neither party: Mark P. McKenna, Christopher J. Sprigman, Rebecca Tushnet, on the brief, Rhett O. Millsaps II, Lex Lumina PLLC, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-1006

    Confusion on Source of Wavy Baby Shoe Likely; Vans Likely to Prevail on Infringement Claim

  • In Re UV Logistics, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Discovery | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hightower
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 01-23-00044-CV

    A logistics company, that was sued in relation to a car accident, failed to prove on appeal that it was entitled to discovery relief.

  • Hartman Income REIT v. Summer Energy

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Commercial Law | Contracts | Public Utilities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-22-00469-CV

    Appellant owned and operated over 50 buildings and obtained electricity for them from appellee.