• Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1009

    Court affirms mistrial ruling over defendant's double jeopardy and trial court error objections.

  • In the Matter of Poe

    Publication Date: 2019-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-18-00015-CV

    Near the end of his life, Richard Poe had second thoughts about entrusting control of a substantial commercial enterprise to his son.

  • TMX Finance, LLC et al. v. Goldsmith et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D'Cruz, (Baker Hostetler), Atlanta, Anthony Decinque, (United States Department of Justice Richard B. Russell Federal Building), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, George Major, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Jeffrey Harris, Stephen Lowry, Yvonne Godfrey, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellee. Kirby Mason, David Burkoff, (Hunter, MaClean, Exley & Dunn, P. C), Savannah, Billy Jones, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0855

    Plaintiffs Who Run Hearing Aid Company Fail to State a Claim for Breach of an Option Agreement

  • Walter v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-16-00338-CR

    A jury convicted appellant of murder, robbery, and theft of a firearm and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for forty years for the murder conviction, twenty years for the robbery conviction, and two years for the theft, with the sentences to run concurrently.

  • Riverwood Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-10-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred Bentley, Jamie Wingler, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1274

    Attorneys' Fees for Stubborn Litigiousness Were Properly Denied Where There Was a Bona Fide Dispute as to Defendant's Liability

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Morrison, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney, Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1444

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking conviction over defendant's objection to evidence seized from his vehicle

  • Walter v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-17-00002-CR

    A jury convicted appellant and her husband of murder, robbery, and theft of a firearm.

  • Macias v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice McClure
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-17-00144-CR

    Appellant was found guilty on one count each of manslaughter and aggravated robbery with the use of a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 10 years of community supervision and 22 years in prison, respectively.

  • Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull

    Publication Date: 2019-09-12
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: William J. Murphy, John J. Connolly, Adam B. Abelson, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD.
    for defendant: James T. Shearin, Edward B. Lefebvre, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport, CT. For Defendants-Appellees: Clare E. Kindall, Solicitor General, Robert J. Deichert, Assistant Attorney General, for William Tong, Attorney General, Hartford, CT. For Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees: David S. Hardy, Damian K. Gunningsmith, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, New Haven, CT. Michael J. Spagnola, Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell & Beck, P.C., Hartford, CT. Patrick A. Klingman, Klingman Law, LLC, Hartford, CT. Robert M. Langer, Benjamin H. Diessel, Wiggin and Dana LLP, Hartford, CT. Deborah Skakel, Craig M. Flanders, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY. John F. Droney, Jr., Jeffrey J. Mirman, Hinckley Allen & Snyder, LLP, Hartford, CT.

    Case Number: 17-2003

    CT Alcohol Pricing Scheme Permits De Facto State-Sanctioned Cartel of Wholesalers

  • The Town of Flower v. Eagleridge

    Publication Date: 2019-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 02-18-00392-CV

    In response to the Town of Flower Mound citing it for violations of an ordinance prohibiting oil and gas activities on Sunday, appellee filed an Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Temporary Injunction, which was granted by the trial court and enjoined the enforcement of the ordinance against appellee.