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  • Harris County v. Coats

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-17-00732-CV

    Coats and Amron filed a section 1983 claim against Harris County and Deputy Vailes, alleging the County and Vailes' unconstitutional conduct caused the death of Jamail Amron.

  • Klinek v. LuxeYard

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-17-00899-CV

    Appellant Klinek challenged the judgment ordering him to disgorge to appellee the profits he obtained by conspiring in one of its shareholder's breach of fiduciary duty.

  • In re the Commitment of Renshaw

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Morriss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-19-00069-CV

    A jury unanimously found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Renshaw was a sexually violent predator and the trial court ordered Renshaw committed to supervision and treatment pursuant to Chapter 841 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.

  • Woolf v. Strada

    Publication Date: 2020-02-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Abraham Z. Melamed, Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: David Wayne Garland, Edward M. Yennock, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 19-860-cv

    Bloomberg Employee's Work Stress-Related Migraine Headaches Do Not Render Him Disabled

  • Gibson v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-18-00655-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of aggravated sexual assault of a child and at a punishment hearing, he pleaded true to three prior felony convictions of sex offenses committed in other states.

  • Mitchell v. Capehart

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2139

    Trial Court Was Not Authorized to Dismiss Custody Modification Petition

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, David Getachew-Smith, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2446

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Hold Hearing on Claims Raised in Second Amended Motion for New Trial

  • Estate of Grogan Deceased

    Publication Date: 2020-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Morriss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-19-00039-CV

    Decedent died at 83 with no lineal descendants but he was a "lifetime companion" to Linda Carpenter and his will left her essentially all of his assets.

  • In the Interest of C.B., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Vaughn, Nicolas Parkerson, (District Attorney's Office - Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2095

    Police Officer Lacked Reasonable Suspicion to Stop Juvenile Who Smelled of Marijuana Absent Showing of Training and Experience In Marijuana Odor Detection

  • Flores v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-01-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-18-00065-CR

    A jury found appellant guilty on two counts of attempted capital murder involving two separate victims.