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  • State v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D. James Jr., District Attorney, and Leonora Grant, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tony Axam AxamLaw, Bernard Taylor, Kacy McCaffrey, Michael Brown Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, Cinque Axam Axam Roberts Legal Group, John Morgan, John Petrey, and Danielle Roberts, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0537

    The trial court erred in granting the defendants new trials, since it failed to properly fulfill its affirmative statutory duty to independently weigh the trial evi

  • Floyd v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2015-04-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Howell Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, and Judy Jarecki-Black, Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Dyal, Lavonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1655

    It was not apparent from the trial court's order whether it made the requisite findings in awarding custody of three minor children to their grandm

  • Hargis v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael Horsley, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, District Attorney, and Cathy Cox-Brakefield, Assistant District Attorney, Blairsville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kyle Wallace Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1622

    Asserting a disqualification in a motion for new trial before the same judge who is alleged to be disqualified without also asking the judge to recuse from hearing the motion for new trial, as was d

  • Nationstar Mortg. LLC v. Brunt

    Publication Date: 2015-01-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tenise Cook, Peter Lublin, and Bret Chaness Rubin Lublin LLC, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maria Brunt, Stone Mountain, proceeded pro se. Other party representation: John Robinson, Decatur.
    Case Number: A15A0349

    Uniform Superior Court Rule 46 allows a trial court to appoint a special master in difficult cases to aid the discovery pr

  • CHRIS L. GILBERT AND GLENN E. JANIK, Appellants v. KATE M. MOSELEY, Appellee

    Publication Date: 2014-12-17
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    Date Filed: 2014-12-17
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SIXTH DISTRICT, TEXARKANA
    Judge: Bailey C. Moseley
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    Case Number: 06-13-00081-CV

    COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SIXTH DISTRICT, TEXARKANACHRIS L. GILBERT AND GLENN E. JANIK, Appellants v. KATE M. MOSELEY, Ap

  • Lewis v. State

    Publication Date: 2014-11-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Adams, Bernard Taylor, Kacy M. Brake, and Michael Brown Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, District Attorney, Leonora Grant, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, and Kellie Hill, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A1320

    The trial court erred in imposing a sentence that differed from the understood terms of the defendant's negotiated

  • The Republic of Iraq, including as Parens Patriae on behalf of the Citizens of the Republic of Iraq, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ABB AG, Defendants-Appellees*, 13-0618

    Publication Date: 2014-09-19
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, Winter, and Droney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-0618

    Cite as: Iraq v. ABB AG, 13-0618, NYLJ 1202670694614, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 18, 2014) 13-0618 Before: Kearse, Winter, and Droney,

  • Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.P.A., 12-4218-cv(L)

    Publication Date: 2014-07-31
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    Court: U. S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Pooler, Raggi, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Lance Soderstrom, on the brief, Natalie Clayton, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Joseph Cwik, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago, IL; William D. Chapman, Cadden & Fuller LLP, Irvine, CA, on the brief, Laurie A. Haynie, Husch Blackwell LLP, Chicago, IL
    Case Number: 12-4218-cv(L)

    Cite as: Merck Eprova AG v. Gnosis S.P.A., 12-4218-cv(L), NYLJ 1202665217540, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 29, 2014) 12-4218-cv(L) Before: Pooler,

  • Petrakopoulos v. Vranas

    Publication Date: 2013-12-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Shingler Shingler Lewis LLC, Atlanta, Eric Johnson, Woodstock, and James Watkins, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Leon Van Gelderen, Atlanta, and Kennon Peebles, Buford, for appellee. Other party representation: Ryan Worsley, Thomas Tate Andersen, Tate & Carr PC, Duluth, and Joseph Randazzo, Lawrenceville.
    Case Number: A13A1055

    Although the parties were on notice that the trial court was considering the appointment of an auditor, the trial court's failure to provide notice to the parties and an opportunity to be heard befo

  • Hewitt v. Community & S. Bank

    Publication Date: 2013-11-25
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Conerly and Randall Parian Smith Conerly LLP, Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Tuck and Christopher Riley Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A13A1433

    The loan commitment for a $6M line of credit extended to the plaintiff plainly set forth a 12-month repayment term, on which the plaintiff defa