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  • Doxey v. Crissey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hylton Dupree, Blake Carl, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Beard, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Richard Calhoun, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0203

    Court vacates amended order and remands case for the trial court to conduct proceedings and to consider evidence on the changed use of an easement

  • In Re Ragas

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0237

    Court reverses order of criminal attempt that had been issued against an attorney due to insufficient evidence to show violation of any order directed at the attorney

  • U.S. v. Eldridge

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Katherine A. Gregory, Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Thamud Eldridg: Devin McLaughlin, Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, VT. For Defendant-Appellant Kevin Allen: Cheryl M. Buth, Meyers Buth Law Group, Orchard Park, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3294-cr

    Curtain Around Tables Did Not Deprive Defendants of Fair Trial; FSA §403 Inapplicable

  • Ray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Ryan Leonard, (District Attorney), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0338

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Child Cruelty Defendant's Motion to Withdraw Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Comcast Corporation v. Houston Baseball

    Publication Date: 2021-06-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00043-CV

    After a five-year detour in federal court, appellants challenged the trial court's denial of its Texas Citizens Participation Act motion to dismiss, arguing that the TCPA mandated dismissal because appellee Houston Baseball Partners lacked standing and otherwise failed to present prima facie evidence in support of its claims for fraud, fraudulent inducement, fraud by nondisclosure, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and declaratory relief.

  • S. Katzman Produce Inc. v. Yadid

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: McCarron & Diess, Melville, New York, on the brief, Gregory A. Brown, Melville, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Ofeck & Heinze, Hackensack, New Jersey, on the brief, Mark F. Heinze, Hackensack, New Jersey.
    Case Number: 19-3540-cv

    Summary Judgment Appropriate Only to $40,000 in PACA Assets Transferred to Bank Account

  • Smith v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-19-00222-CR

    A criminal defendant, who was found guilty of solicitation, was unable to prove that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a video of an officer who was unable to testify at trial.

  • Turner v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pedersen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 05-19-01328-CR

    A jury found appellant guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen years of age, and the trial court assessed his punishment at fifty years' confinement and a $1,000 fine.

  • Caruthers et al. v. City of Rochelle, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Ford, (James Lee Ford, P.C.), Atlanta, Mitchell McGough, (Mitchel E. McGough Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Brochstein, Dana Maine, Kevin Stone, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0038

    Court affirmed jury verdict for City in a negligence and nuisance case where a decedent fell into a hole dug by City employees on private property

  • Primera v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-19-00135-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, enhanced by a prior felony drug conviction, and sentenced him to 70 years' imprisonment.