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  • Washington v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Neill
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    Case Number: 10-19-00204-CR

    Appellant was charged with two counts of retaliation and he pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement.

  • Inclusive Communities Project v. Department of Treasury

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
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    Case Number: 19-10377

    Appellant Inclusive Communities Project sued appellees, the Department of Treasury and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, asserting that appellees had failed to regulate the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program so as to promote fair housing.

  • Broussard v. Arnel

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Keyes
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    Case Number: 01-18-00687-CV

    In 2010, appellant Broussard and appellee divorced and their decree named them joint managing conservators of their two minor children with appellant maintaining exclusive right to designate the children's primary residence.

  • Southern California Sunbelt v. Grammer

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-19-00192-CV

    Appellees are four family members and ten of their entities.

  • Zacarias v. Stanford International Bank

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginbotham
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    Case Number: 17-11073

    The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Stanford, Stanford International Bank, and other Stanford entities, alleging a massive, ongoing fraud.

  • In the Interest of TB

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gray
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    Case Number: 10-19-00190-CV

    T.B. was indicted for stalking but was found to be incompetent to stand trial and ordered committed for restoration to competency.

  • Weatherly v. Pershing

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
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    Case Number: 18-11052

    Consolidated cases arose from a Ponzi scheme instigated by Allen Stanford, who sold billions of dollars worth of bogus CDs to investors.

  • In the Interest of JT

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Gray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 10-19-00298-CV

    After a jury trial, mother appealed from a judgment that terminated her parental rights to her child, arguing the trial court erroneously utilized a procedure to allow jurors to ask whatever questions they had for each witness after the parties had concluded their questioning of the witness.

  • Atlantic Specialty Ins. Co. v. Coastal Envtl. Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Christopher Droney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Patrick R. McElduff, ICC Industries Inc., New York, NY, on the brief, James W. Carbin, Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company, Duane Morris LLP, Newark, NJ.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee: Don P. Murnane, Jr., Michael E. Unger, on the brief, Eric J. Matheson, Coastal Environmental Group Inc., Freehill Hogan & Mahar LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee: Gregory G. Barnett, Sterling Equipment, Inc., Casey & Barnett, LLC, New York, NY. For Third-Party-Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Cross-Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellee: Patrick M. Kennell, Global Indemnity Insurance Agency, Inc., Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, LLP, New York, NY. For Third-Party-Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Peter T. Shapiro, All Risks, Ltd., Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3236-cv

    Successor Judges Are Subject to the 'Clearly Erroneous' Standard of Review

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries