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  • Howell v. Superintendent Albion SCI

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jordan
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    Case Number: 20-1183

    District court erred in dismissing habeas petition as untimely where recantations from three state witnesses and a fourth witness's confession to the crime presented sufficient evidence of actual innocence to warrant evidentiary hearing. Order of the district court vacated, case remanded. Gerald Howell appealed from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The victim, Herbert Allen, was shot and killed on Christmas Eve, 1982. Although police recovered no physical evidence at the crime scene, appellant was

  • Taylor v. Ameris Bank

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy McCullough, (Aldridge Pite Haan, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1052

    Court affirms denial of guarantor's motion for summary judgment and determines that guarantor's waiver of statute of limitations defense did not violate public policy

  • Court of Appeals:October 22, 2020

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Court of Appeals:October 22, 2020

  • Haynes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Samuel D'Entremont, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1347

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Removing Defendant From Courtroom, Given Defendant's Repetitive Arguing and Refusal to Answer Judge's Questions

  • Trump v. Vance

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Cameron T. Norris, Alexa R. Baltes, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA; Patrick Strawbridge, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Boston, MA; Marc L. Mukasey, Mukasey Frenchman & Sklaroff LLP, New York, NY; Alan S. Futerfas, Law Offices of Alan S. Futerfas, New York, NY, on the brief, William S. Consovoy, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.: Christopher Conroy, Julieta V. Lozano, Solomon B. Shinerock, James H. Graham, Allen J. Vickey, Sarah A. Walsh, New York County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY; Caitlin Halligan, Ryan W. Allison, David A. Coon, Selendy & Gay PLLC, New York, NY; Walter E. Dellinger III, Duke University Law School, Durham, NC, on the brief, Carey R. Dunne, General Counsel, New York County District Attorney's Office, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-2766

    Trump Fails to Plausibly Allege That Subpoena Was Overbroad or Issued in Bad Faith

  • Stevens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Phillips, (Walton County Public Defender's Office), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1554

    Trial Court Did Not Coerce Verdict By Urging Jury to Continue Deliberating

  • University of Texas v. Vitetta

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Molberg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 05-19-00105-CV

    Appellee, renowned professor of microbiology and immunology, brought suit against appellant university alleging discrimination and retaliation for cutting her salary, cutting her lab space and staff, and sabotaging her role as president of the university's faculty senate.

  • Morman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benny Martin, Barbara Sosebee, (Assistant District Attorney), Blue Ridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1456

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Allowing Defendant to Be in Front of the Jury While 'Naked, Wrapped in a Blanket, Shackled, and Strapped to a Chair'

  • Miller v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Nguyen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-15981

    Freight broker may be held liable for motor vehicle accident involving freight carrier

  • Engel v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stretcher
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    Case Number: 11-18-00225-CR

    A jury convicted appellant Engel of murder, a first-degree felony.