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  • Edmiston v. Borrego

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Barksdale
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50102

    John Robert Schubert, Jr. was arrested after he placed a series of irrational phone calls.

  • Hayman v. Khan

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bourliot
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    Case Number: 14-20-00745-CV

    Appellant filed suit against appellee, alleging breach of a promissory note.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • City of Baytown v. Fernandes

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-22-00924-CV

    Appellee sued the City of Baytown for gross negligence that led to his injuries from the operation of a waterslide at Pirates Bay Waterpark owned by the city.

  • NexPoint Advisors, L.P. v. United Dev. Funding IV

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Commercial Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
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    Case Number: 02-22-00427-CV

    Appellant, an alternative asset manager specializing in high yield credit, sued appellees, a real estate investment trust, for defamation, business disparagement, tortious interference with existing contract, and tortious interference with prospective business relations.

  • Children of the Kingdom v. Cent. Appraisal Dist. of Taylor County

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00198-CV

    Appellant, the owner of property located in Taylor County, failed to pay assessed taxes on the property for the years 2020 and 2021.

  • Mock v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-10319 080123

    Appellants sued for injunctive relief against implementation of a final rule, "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'" 88 Fed. Reg. 6478 (Jan. 31, 2023) which determined when a device marketed as a stabilizing brace turned a handgun into a rifle.

  • U.S. v. Starling

    Publication Date: 2023-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Kenneth A. Polite, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Lisa H. Miller, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, Michael A. Rotker, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Claimant-Appellant: Seth M. Young, on the brief, Robert E. Johnson, Institute for Justice, Shaker Heights, OH. For Plaintiff-Appellee: Grace M. Carducci, Assistant United States Attorney, for Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, N.Y.
    Case Number: 22-659

    Letters Seeking to File Claim to Seized Assets Should Have Been Assessed Under Good Cause

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan S. Kanter, Doha Mekki, Maggie Goodlander, David B. Lawrence, Daniel E. Haar, Nikolai G. Levin, Peter M. Bozzo, Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Amanda P. Reeves, Lindsey S. Champlin, David L. Johnson, Charles S. Dameron, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy G. Cameron, Peter T. Barbur, David R. Marriott, Daniel K. Zach, Michael K. Zaken, Lindsey J. Timlin, Hannah L. Dwyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Amanda L. Wait, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant-appellees.
    Case Number: 22-2806

    Rather than employ the hypothetical monopolist test analysis for determining product market under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's analysis using the actual market for refined sugar as the product market definition.