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  • Garcia v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven J. Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Eric Peter Stephens, Jones Day, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Ester Murdukhayeva, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Mark S. Grube, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22-367

    Issue Exists if Inmate's Grievance Over Fire Consolidated, Exhausted

  • People v. Gyorgy

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 4th District
    Judge: Justice Motoike
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: G061567

    Prolonged traffic stop violated defendant's Fourth Amendment rights

  • Abbo-Bailey v. City of Niagara Falls

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Peter A. Kraus, Leslie C. MacLean, on the brief, Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX, and Christen E. Civiletto, East Amherst, NY, and Melissa L. Stewart, Steven J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, LLP, New York, NY, and Paul Barr, Fanizzi & Barr, Niagara Falls, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Occidental Chemical Corporation, Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc., and Miller Springs Remediation Management, Inc.: Sheila L. Birnbaum, Lincoln Davis Wilson, on the brief, Douglas E. Fleming III, Dechert LLP, New York, NY, and Kevin M. Hogan, Andrew P. Devine, Joshua Glasgow, and Elizabeth Bove, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Cecos International, Inc.: Zackary D. Knaub, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY, and William G. Beck, Lathrop GPM, Kansas City, MO. For Defendant-Appellant OP-Tech Environmental Services: Jeffrey D. Schulman, Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, Syracuse, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Roy's Plumbing, Inc.: Robert E. Knoer, Alice J. Cunningham, The Knoer Group, PLLC, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant City of Niagara Falls: Mark P. Della Posta, Walsh, Roberts & Grace LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Niagara Falls Water Board: Jeffrey F. Baase, Corey J. Weber, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Conestoga-Rovers & Associates: Jeffrey C. Stravino, Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc.: Agnieszka Wilewicz, Patricia A. Rauh, Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., Buffalo, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Scott Lawn Yard, Inc.: Brian Sutter, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP, Buffalo, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, in support of Defendants-Appellants: John M. Masslon II, Cory L. Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 21-0249-cv

    Love Canal Superfund Actions Untimely, Remanded to State Court

  • Collymore v. Commissioner of D.O.C.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Omar A. Khan, on the brief, Lauren E. Matlock-Colangelo, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Chena McPherson, Aprn: Edward W. Mayer, Jr., on the brief, Thomas J. Plumridge, Danaher Lagnese, P.C., Hartford, CT. For Defendants-Appellees Myers and Phillips: William Tong, Attorney General, Joshua Perry, Solicitor General, on the brief, James M. Belforti, Assistant Attorney General, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 21-2292

    Medical Indifference Claim Over Painful Scalp Condition Should Not Have Been Dismissed

  • Smartt v. Eldridge

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michmerhuizen, Warren Coppedge, (Coppedge and Associates, P.C.), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Lockhart, (Bradford & Lockhart, P.C.), LaFayette, Benjamin Bradford, (Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C.), LaFayette, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Ryan Marks, Madison, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0628

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of acquirer of fee simple title in surplus property over adjacent property owner's claim that he should have received notice of sale

  • US Navy SEALs 1 26 v. Biden

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Duncan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-10077

    Appellants, 35 members of Naval Special Warfare Command units, sought an exemption due to a sincere religious objection to the order of the Secretary of Defense that all members of the Armed Forces be vaccinated against COVID-19.

  • In The Int. of K.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Silva
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-22-00219-CV

    A father, who argued on appeal that the trial court erred when finding him unfit, successfully proved on appeal that he was entitled to relief.

  • Stolt Tank Containers BV v. NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtgesellschaft MBH & Co. KG

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Admiralty
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Susan L. Carney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant-Appellant Deltech Corporation: Lawrence K. DeMeo, Brian J. Bosworth, on the brief, Nicholas D. Stellakis, on the brief, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Boston, MA; Timothy J. McDonnell, Joseph J. Perrone, Giuliano McDonnell & Perrone LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Stolt-Nielsen USA, Inc. and Stolt Tank Containers B.V.: James F. Sweeney, Robert A. Novak, Richard W. Stone II, on the brief, John A.V. Nicoletti, on the brief, Nicoletti Horning & Sweeney, New York, NY; Stephen V. Rible, Mendes & Mount LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee BDP International, Inc.: James W. Johnson, Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendants-Appellees Chemtura Europe GmbH, Chemtura Corporation, Chemtura Italy S.R.L., and Rubicon LLC: Joseph L. Clasen, Trevor L. Bradley, on the brief, Peter R. Knight, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY. for Defendants-Appellees Conti 11 Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MS MSC "Flaminia" and NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.: Timothy Semenoro, on the brief, Eugene J. O'Connor, Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.: Jon Werner, Martin R. West II, on the brief, Edward P. Flood, Lyons & Flood, LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-2974-cv

    COGSA Strict liability Finding Reversed But Liability on Failure-to-Warn Theory Upheld

  • Herbig v. Welch

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Guerra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 01-22-00080-CV

    A trustee, who was sued by another trustee in a competing trust over the conveyance of funds, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in finding it had jurisdiction to void the conveyance.

  • In the interest of ERD

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Trotter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 11-22-00153-CV

    A mother, who argued on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion by granting possession and access of her children to their grandparents, successfully proved on appeal that she was entitled to relief.