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  • Allen v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-19-00898-CR

    Appellant pled guilty to attempted theft in 2012.

  • USA v. Morton

    Publication Date: 2021-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-10842

    The issue presented to the court was whether the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule allowed officers to search photographs on a defendant's cellphones for evidence of drug possession when the affidavits supporting the search warrants were based only on evidence of personal drug possession and an officer's generalized allegations about the behavior of drug traffickers not drug users.

  • Aquatic Care v. Cooper

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-01108-CV

    Appellee's doctor referred her to appellant for aquatic therapy to treat pain and numbness in her legs.

  • Brown v. Tarbert

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Consumer Protection | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Spain
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-00388-CV

    Appellants leased a house from appellee Tarbert in 2015.

  • Isaac v. Burnside

    Publication Date: 2021-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Frost
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-18-01096-CV

    Following a bench trial, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of a decedent's widow on her breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims against the independent executor of the decedent's estate for failing to give her one-half of the money in the decedent's bank accounts and by failing to reimburse her for expenses she incurred for the decedent's funeral.

  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments

  • Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-12-31
    Practice Area: Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, Oneida Indian Nation: David A. Reiser, on the brief, Michael R. Smith, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter Claimants-Appellants, Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and the Melvin L. Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust: Claudia L. Tenney, Clinton, NY on the brief, Joseph R. Membrino, Cooperstown, NY.
    Case Number: 19-2737-cv

    Oneida Indian Nation Has Tribal Right to Possession of 19.6 Acres in Oneida County

  • Day v. Mason

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A20A0964

    Court vacates and remands an award for past child support, reverses as to other expenses, affirms as to some fees, and reverses separate award for appellate attorney fees

  • Smith v. Baker

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Christen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-99003

    Stromberg error not prejudicial

  • US Bank National Association, &c., Respondent, v. Kenyatta Nelson, et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned MEMORANDUM
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared B. Foley, for appellants.
    for defendant: Katherine Wellington, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 86

    US Bank National Association v. Nelson