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  • Ricks v. Lumpkin

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-70008

    Appellant was convicted in Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son.

  • Benfer v. City of Baytown

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-20543

    The court affirmed the district court's dismissal finding that the Officer who arrested Benfer and his wife after a traffic stop had not violated their Constitutional rights, that their state tort claims were not cognizable under Texas law, and that Benfer's complaint did not plead sufficient facts to support a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978).

  • Frady v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1011

    Court reverses convictions for burglary and other crimes due to trial court's improper admission of "other acts" evidence regarding defendant's character

  • November 27, 2024 | The Recorder

    Deception or Coercion? California Supreme Court Grants Review in Jailhouse Confession Case

    In People v. Allen, California's high court will consider whether police can pose as inmates to obtain confessions even after suspects invoke their Miranda rights.

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  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S25Y0025

    Court accepts attorney's amended petition for reciprocal discipline and imposes a ten-day suspension after attorney was found to have violated Florida Rules of Practice

  • The People &c., Respondent, v. Timothy Shader, Appellant.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Associate Judge Shirley Troutman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jill K. Sanders, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erin N. La Valley, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 101

    People v. Timothy Shader

  • November 25, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Trade Fixtures in New York Eminent Domain Cases—What Qualifies and How Are They Valued?

    The author states "New York courts have consistently held that the proper method of valuation for trade fixtures is reproduction cost less depreciation. This means that each fixture item is valued based on the cost of reproducing that item as of the time of the eminent domain seizure, less the depreciation of such item, to arrive at its sound value."

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  • Liggins et al. v. Parkwood Living, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1534

    Court reverses summary judgment and damages award that had been in favor of a purchaser in a property sale contract dispute, and dismisses purchaser's cross-appeal for attorney fees

  • Rana v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hillm, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Pareesa Hanna Amjadi, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0705

    Court affirms convictions for murder and related offenses, rejecting defendant's claims to trial court jury instruction error as harmless or unwarranted

  • Gonzalez v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Derek Bauer, Jeffrey Ronald Baxter, Tyler D. Fabbri, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Edward Epps, Tyler Marquis Gaines, (Epps Holloway Deloach & Hoipkemier LLC), Watkinsville, Barry L. Fitzpatrick, (Law Office of Lane Fitzpatrick), Danielsville, for appellee; Gene Patrick Hamilton, (America First Legal Foundation), Washington, Christopher Earnest Mills, (Spero Law LLC), Charleston, for Amicus Appellee; Karl David Cooke, Jr., (Gautreaux Law LLC), Macon, Jonathan Lang Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Forsyth, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S24A0617

    Court affirms applicability of Open Records Act (ORA) to District Attorneys and denies immunity claims from DA who sought to dismiss an ORA enforcement action