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  • Jordan et al v. Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cale Conley, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, Isaac Byrd, Margaret Eckrote, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher Held, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1253

    Court dismisses appeal of the dismissal of a complaint against a state administrative agency because the appellants failed to file an application for the appeal

  • U.S. v. Gadsden

    Publication Date: 2020-12-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Karl Metzner, on the brief, Rushmi Bhaskaran, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Theodore S. Green, Green & Willstatter, White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 19-3139

    Despite Eligibility Drug Felon's Denial of Reduced Sentence Under First Step Act Is Upheld

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Glaser, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, Paul Hemmann, (Whitfield County Public Defender's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1046

    Court orders suppression of drug evidence found during a search of a vehicle because an investigating officer illegally extended a traffic stop

  • Gregory v. Chohan

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Reichek
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-18-00167-CV

    Appellants challenged a judgment awarding damages to the estate of Bhupinder Singh Deol and his wife, children, and parents in connection with Deol's death following a multi-vehicle collision on I-40.

  • Gardei v. Conway et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0818

    Court affirms dismissal of claims that the Georgia Sex Offender registration statute is unconstitutional and that it could not be enforced against a defendant

  • Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A20A0784

    Court affirms dismissal of action against the Church as having been time-barred, stating that the statute of limitations began to run on plaintiff's 18th birthday

  • Jane Doe v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred Adams, Atlanta, Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Catherine Scott, (Georgia Justice Project), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1431

    Superior Court Erred by Dismissing Petition to Modify Sentence; Court Had Authority to Consider the Relief Sought

  • Pitts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Black, (Black Law Offices), Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Guardino, William Langley, (Enotah Circuit District Attorney's Office), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1565

    Court affirms trial court order that reduced a sentence of probation over contentions that the sentence should have been dismissed as fully completed

  • The People &c. ex rel. Fred Johnson, Appellant, v. Superintendent, Adirondack Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York County
    Judge: Associate Judge Eugene M. Fahey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Case No. 74: Denise Fabiano, for appellant.
    for defendant: Case No. 74: Brian D. Ginsberg, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 74

    Fred Johnson v. Adirondack Correctional Facility

  • Clay v. Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Clay, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Laurel Henderson, (The Balch Law Group), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1320

    Court dismisses appellant's direct appeal because it lacked jurisdiction, as appellant was required to file an application for a discretionary appeal in the matter