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  • Env Texas Citizen Lobby v. ExxonMobil

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Costa
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-20545

    In this citizen suit seeking to recover for Clean Air violations at the largest petroleum and petrochemical complex in the nation, the court was confronted with tensions between citizens suits and Article II standing.

  • The State v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-08-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Malachi Peacock, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0050

    Court reverses order granting defendant's plea in bar because dismissal of federal charges was not an acquittal for purposes of Georgia's successive prosecution statute

  • Valmana v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-18-00084-CR

    Appellant was convicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after using a beer bottle in a fight.

  • ACI Design v. Loadholt

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 03-19-00442-CV

    Appellee sued appellant for breach of contract, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation for failure to repay a $160,000 revolving line of credit he had extended.

  • Dellinger-Allen et al. v. O'Brien

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Shelley, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, Aaron O'brien, (Thompson O'Brien), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0087

    Court affirms the striking of a defamation claim but reverses the striking of a breach of contract claim in a dispute involving contractual professional counseling services

  • Marcus et al. v. Country Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-07-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Virgil Adams, Dawn Lewis, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington PC), Macon, Lauren Childs, (Lumley & Harper, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Traynham, Amanda Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellee. Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Floyd Buford, (Buford & Buford), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0391

    Homeowner Who Shot At Children Outside Her Home Committed Criminal Acts, Precluding Coverage Under Home Insurance Policy

  • 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.