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  • Adams v. Godhania

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
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    Case Number: 03-20-00115-CV

    Appellees filed suit to evict appellants.

  • Cook v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
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    Case Number: 06-20-00001-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault at trial, successfully showed how the trial court erred in its administration of the trial.

  • State v. Bowman

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keegan Gary, Hunter Rodgers, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1873

    Court reverses grant of defendant's motion for discharge and acquittal, finding that his right to a speedy trial was not violated even though petit jury was not sworn in.

  • Office of the Attorney General v. Brickman

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Byrne
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    Case Number: 03-21-00161-CV

    This appeal concerned the application of the Texas Whistleblower Act to the highest echelons of the Texas government and the State's fundamental policies of governmental transparency and accountability.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tradd Bosch, (Northern Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0709

    Court affirms convictions under Georgia Street Gang and Terrorism Act over defendants contentions of evidentiary and other trial court errors

  • Dataforensics, LLC v. Boxer Property Management a/a/f Boxer F2, L.P. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig White, (Skedsvold and White, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mario Breedlove, (The Breedlove Law Firm), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0996

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment to Lessor on Lessee's Counterclaim for Breach of Contract Based on Lease's Limitation of Liability Clause

  • De Paz v. De Pineda

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Schneider, Molly Long, (Schneider Hammers LLC), Atlanta, Kathleen Edwards-Opperman, (Montlick & Associates, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adelman, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Kyle Joyce, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Atkinson, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1134

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding That the Parties Reached a Settlement Agreement, as Defendant Failed to Satisfy Term of Acceptance

  • Biggers v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
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    Case Number: 06-20-00129-CR

    Appellant was charged by indictment with first degree felony of manufacture or delivery of methamphetamine.

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • Missakian v. Amusement Industry, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Appeal, 2nd District
    Judge: Justice Moor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: B296749

    Contingency fee agreement between in-house counsel and employer must be in writing to be enforceable