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  • HHH Farms v. Fannin Bank

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Commercial Law | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
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    Case Number: 06-20-00068-CV

    Appellants obtained four agriculture-related loans, two from appellee, and two from American Bank.

  • LG Chem, Ltd. v. Lemmerman

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan Hooper, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, Harris Yegelwel, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PPLC), Savannah, Thomas Seider, Celene Humphries, (Brannock Humphries & Berman), Tampa, for appellee; Homer Phillips, (The Phillips Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1029

    Court affirms denial of out-of-state defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding that defendant had sufficient contacts with the State

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • Rollerson v. Brazos River

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Haynes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-40027

    Appellant owns an interest in real property in the East End neighborhood of Freeport, Texas.

  • Cope v. Cogdill

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Haynes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-10798

    Three jail officers, who were sued in relation to an inmate's suicide, successfully showed they were entitled to qualified immunity.

  • Garfield v. Shutterfly, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Scirica
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Adam Frankel, Greenwich Legal Associates, Greenwich, CT; Juan E. Monteverde, Miles D. Schreiner, Monteverde & Associates, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Lewis R. Clayton, Paul A. Paterson, Justin Ward, Paul Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, New York, NY; Daniel A. Mason, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69423

    Proxy statement in support of shareholder approval of merger was not materially misleading where share values were expressly identified as the calculations of the company's financial advisor, rather than statements of fact, and the proxy identified the projections that were used to calculate each particular set of share values.

  • Brackeen v. Haaland

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Native American Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-11479

    A divided Fifth Circuit, which reconsidered nearly a dozen constitutional issues related to the Indian Child Welfare Act, could only set precedent for a few issues.

  • Anokwuru v. City of Houston

    Publication Date: 2021-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-20295

    Plaintiff was being investigated for his alleged involvement in a gang rape.

  • DeSuze v. Ammon

    Publication Date: 2021-03-15
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam Meyers, Communities Resist, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Matt Ammon and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Varuni Nelson, on the brief, Edward K. Newman, for Seth D. DuCharme, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Linden Plaza Preservation L.P., and Linden Plaza Associates, L.P.: Peter C. Neger, on the brief, Zoe Phillips, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and City of New York: Richard Dearing, John Moore, on the brief, Amy McCamphill, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1141

    Tenants' Claims in Rent Challenge Time-Barred, Not Saved by Continuing Violation Doctrine

  • In re: Synchrony Financial Securities Litigation

    Publication Date: 2021-02-23
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Adam H. Wierzbowski, Kate W. Aufses, Matthew W. Traylor, on the brief, Salvatore J. Graziano, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellants: on the brief, William H. Narwold, Gregg S. Levin, Motley Rice LLC, Hartford, CT and Mount Pleasant, SC..
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Synchrony Financial, Margaret M. Keane, Brian D. Doubles, Thomas M. Quindlen, David Melito, Paget Alves, Arthur Coviello, Jr., William Graylin, Roy Guthrie, Richard Hartnack, Jeffrey Naylor, Laurel Richie, and Olympia Snowe: Jared Gerber, on the brief, Victor L. Hou, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Synchrony Financial, Margaret M. Keane, Brian D. Doubles, Thomas M. Quindlen, David Melito, Paget Alves, Arthur Coviello, Jr., William Graylin, Roy Guthrie, Richard Hartnack, Jeffrey Naylor, Laurel Richie, and Olympia Snowe: on the brief, James T. Shearin, Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport, CT. For Defendants-Appellees Barclays Capital Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, Blaylock Van, LLC, CastleOak Securities, L.P., Mischler Financial Group, Inc., R. Seelaus & Co., Inc., and The Williams Capital Group, L.P.: on the brief, Adam S. Hakki, Daniel C. Lewis, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 20-1352-cv

    SEA Breach Claim Plausibly Stated Based on 2018 Statement by Firm's Representative