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  • Montalto v. Mississippi Department

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-60274

    Appellee, an inmate at appellant's corrections facility, filed a section 2254 petition for habeas relief seeking reinstatement of his earned-release supervision and trusty time.

  • Murphy v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees Joseph J. Murphy and Nancy Murphy: Mickee M. Hennessy, Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP, Uniondale, N.Y.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Stuart Scott Snyder and Doreen Anne Snyder: Scott M. Charmoy, Charmoy & Charmoy, Fairfield, CT.
    Case Number: 18-1578-bk

    District Court's Default Judgment Sanction May Be Afforded Preclusive Effect

  • French v. Linn Energy

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-40369

    Clarence Bennett was a beneficiary of a trust which had 250 shares of Berry Holding Company (BHC) divided into classes for different classes of beneficiaries.

  • Buholtz v. Gibbs

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legal Malpractice | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 05-18-00957-CV

    Following the trial court's orders granting appellee's dismissal and summary judgment motions, pro se appellant complained the trial court erred in (1) dismissing his claims against Gibbs and Phillips; (2) granting summary judgment in favor of Philmoore; (3) issuing a final and appealable order without having ruled on a fraud counterclaim; (4) granting protective orders barring further discovery and proceedings; and (5) refusing to consider and/or grant motions, including motions for telephonic appearances.

  • Schmidt v. Crawford

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-18-00846-CV

    Plaintiffs all signed deeds of trusts to their homes as security for bail bond loans and then sued, alleging defendants fraudulently altered these deeds to inflate the amount of indebtedness, and later filed the deeds in Harris County's real property records, thereby creating illegal liens on the plaintiffs' homesteads.

  • DeJoria v. Maghreb Petroleum

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Costa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-50348

    Following a failed oil and gas exploration venture in Morocco, the Moroccan government obtained a judgment against Dejoria and one of his partners in Moroccan commercial court for more than $100 million.

  • U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng

    Publication Date: 2019-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Janis M. Echenberg, Douglas S. Zolkind, Sarah K. Eddy, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Daniel C. Richenthal, Assistant United States Attorney, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Viet D. Dinh, Erin E. Murphy, C. Harker Rhodes IV, on the brief, Paul Clement, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 18-1725-cr

    FCPA Bribery Conviction Upheld; United Nations Is 'Organization' Under 18 USC §666

  • Shelton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bentley Adams, (Attorney at Law), Lihue, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Michael Moeller, (LMJC District Attorney's Office), Summerville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0358

    Court Affirms in Part and Vacates in Part Conviction for Armed Robbery and Other Offenses, Remanding for Reconsideration of Ineffective Assistance Claims with Assistance of Conflict-Free Counsel Where Post-Conviction Counsel Advanced Ineffective Assistance Claims Against Colleagues at Public Defender's Office

  • Harber v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-08-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Chapa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-17-00595-CR

    Appellant was driving a mobile home hauler on the interstate when he struck and killed a tow truck driver on the right shoulder of the road.

  • Maldonado v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2019-08-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-40318

    Appellant, a newly elected district attorney for Hidalgo County, defeated the longtime incumbent and subsequently fired seven employees of the office who alleged they were fired because they supported appellant's political opponent.