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  • Williams v. Korines

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael Martin, Ian Weinstein, on the brief, Katherine Anne Boy Skipsey†, Fordham Law School, Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Victor Paladino, Senior Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief, Brian D. Ginsberg, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3050

    Rule Not Unconstitutionally Vague as to Photos of People Wearing Blue, Making Gang Signs

  • Fish v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-19-00239-CR

    A jury acquitted appellant of murdering his mother, convicted him of manslaughter, and assessed punishment at seventeen years' confinement and a fine.

  • Emory University et al. v. Willcox

    Publication Date: 2020-07-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Ladner, Robert Stannard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Fitzpatrick, Lamar Jost, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP), Denver, Michael Bailey, Erica Jansen, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0665

    Trial Court in Wrongful Death Case Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Allowing Opinion Evidence Based on Incomplete Medical Records

  • Gathers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0097

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for child molestation and sentencing as a recidivist.

  • Shaum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin Flores, (Robin Flores - Attorney), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0228

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for attempt to commit child molestation and attempt to entice a child for indecent purposes

  • Guo v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-14
    Practice Area: Discovery | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant: Renita Sharma, Peter E. Calamari, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Intervenors-Appellees: Frances E. Bivens, Jonathan K. Chang, Peter M. Bozzo, Davis Polk & Wardwell, LLP, New York, NY. For Respondents-Appellees: Pamela A. Miller, Allen W. Burton, Gerard A. Savaresse, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-781

    28 USC §1782(a) Discovery Inapplicable to Private International Arbitration in China

  • Perez v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Macdonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Cunningham, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0601

    Court Erred in Retroactively Modifying Father's Child Support Obligation and Improperly Applying Upward Deviation Based on His Lack of Parenting Time

  • Georgia Department of Transportation v. Mixon

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0690

    Sovereign Immunity Was Waived for Nuisance Claim; Inverse Condemnation Claim Arose Out of Alleged Nuisance to Which Sovereign Immunity Is Inapplicable

  • Morris v. Real Estate Expert Advisors, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Arthur York, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Barnes, (Barnes Firm LLP), Atlanta, Tyler Walker, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Robert Noble, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0038

    Court reverses summary judgment grant that was based on the defendants' responses to requests to admit, which responses were not binding on the plaintiff

  • In re Kherkher

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Zimmerer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-20-00310-CV

    Relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting the court compel Lillie Schechter, Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, to declare Bittanye Lashay Morris ineligible to be on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot for the position of judge.