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  • Miller v. Hiawassee Allen Family, LLC. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-10
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, Benjamin Rosichan, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Sorgen, Hiawassee, Furman Smith, (Furman Smith, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0849

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been in favor of a real estate purchaser because facts regarding waiver of a financing contingency were not clear

  • Cheney v. Levy Company

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Rose
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-19-00243-CV

    Appellant challenged the trial court's orders dismissing her claims against The Levy Company and Iteris, Inc., which she argued was in error based on appellees' assertions of derivative sovereign immunity and for lack of a certificate of merit as to the claims against Levy.

  • Fiamma Statler v. Challis

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gabriel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-18-00374-CV

    The parties were involved in the renovation and reconstruction of the historic Statler Hotel and downtown public library in Dallas, Texas, and the project's funding included TIF funds of $46 million.

  • Collins v. Putt

    Publication Date: 2020-11-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Collins, pro se, Stamford, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Rebecca Putt and Ed Klonoski: Mary K. Lenehan, Assistant Attorney General, for William Tong, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
    Case Number: 19-1169-cv

    No Error in First Amendment Violation Claim's Evaluation Under 'Hazelwood'

  • 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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    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
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    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
    Industry:
    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
    Industry:
    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