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  • James Construction v. Westlake Chemical

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-00083-CV

    This was a complicated breach of contract action involving a construction agreement and multiple parties.

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Jeffrey Lewis, Andrew Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0960

    Court denies plaintiff's breach of contract claims because they were barred by the statute of repose

  • Tower Loan of Mississippi v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-60344

    In 2016, appellee Willis borrowed money from appellant Tower Loan of Mississippi and purchased insurance policies from Tower Loan subsidiaries.

  • Weintraub v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1284

    Further Findings Necessary to Determine Whether Houseguest's Cell Phone Recording of Householders' Acrimonious Quarrel Was Taken in Private Place

  • Dekalb County Board of Tax Assessors v. CWS SGARR Brookhaven, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, John Jones, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1541

    Changes in Market Conditions, General Rise in Value of Real Estate in a Certain Neighborhood Are Not Discernable from an On-Site Inspection

  • Sweet City Landfill, LLC v. Lyon et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mayo, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Bowen, Robert Walker, Sarah MaCkimm, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, Derrick Bingham, Whitney Edwards, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1530

    County Commission's Actions in Voting Against Proposed Landfill Project Were Within the Scope of its Official Duties

  • iPic Gold Class Ent v. Regal Ent

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Civil Appeals | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-17-00805-CV

    In the underlying suit, appellants iPic alleged that appellees, AMC and Regal theatres, conspired with each other and with third parties to exclude them from exhibiting popular films at two locations in Texas after learning that appellants planned to build its own theatres near those two locations.

  • City of Austin v. Paxton

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Landlord Tenant Law | Legislation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-50646

    The City of Austin enacted a housing ordinance that prohibited landlords from refusing tenants who wished to pay their rent with federal housing vouchers.

  • Francis v. Kings Park Manor Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Yiyang Wu, John P. Relman, on the brief, Sasha Samberg-Champion, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Stanley J. Somer, on the brief, Melissa Corwin, Somer, Heller & Corwin LLP, Commack, NY. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer Levin Eichhorn, Sharon McGowan, Thomas Chandler, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC; Tonya T. Robinson, Acting General Counsel, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy General Counsel for Enforcement and Fair Housing, Kathleen Pennington, M. Casey Weissman-Vermeulen, Alexandria Lippincott, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae AARP: Susan Ann Silverstein, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 15-1823-cv

    Landlord May Be Liable on FHA By Not Addressing Race-Based Tenant-on-Tenant Harassment

  • Caliber Oil v. Midland Visions

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stretcher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-19-00099-CV

    Appellant and appellees both claimed to own undivided interests in 10.6 acres of land in Midland, Texas.