• Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Mills, (William B. Mill, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1440

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes on procedural grounds that defendant waived, abandoned, or failed to preserve enumerations of error

  • Samson Exploration v. Bordages

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Kreger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 09-20-00174-CV

    An oil and gas company, that was sued by a family for breach of contract and lost on summary judgment, failed to prove on appeal how that decision was incorrect.

  • Daves v. Dallas County

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Owen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-11368

    Appellants brought a class action suit challenging the bail system in Dallas County and alleging indigent arrestees are subjected to an unconstitutional system of wealth-based detention.

  • USA v. Lara

    Publication Date: 2022-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Higginson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-50112

    Appellants, sisters Mary Ann and Melissa Lara, were convicted by a jury of various drug trafficking counts after attempting to drive a pickup truck containing over 38 kilograms of methamphetamine in the truck's tires from Mexico into the United States.

  • The State v. Arroyo

    Publication Date: 2022-01-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani Willis, Juliana Sleeper, Dustin Lee, (Fulton County Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Steven Phillips, (Public Defender), Atlanta, Kerrel McCrimons, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1358

    Court affirms ruling suppressing evidence of cocaine after officers conducted a K-9 open-air sniff near an apartment door deemed to be part of the apartment's curtilage

  • Care One Mgmt., LLC v. United Healthcare Workers E.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice McKee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosemary Alito and George P. Barbatsuly (K&L Gates); Donald Burke and Roy T. Englert, Jr. (Robbins Russell Englert Orseck Untereiner & Sauber)
    for defendant: A. Matthew Boxer (Lowenstein Sandler); Leon Dayan, Jacob Karabell, Caitlin D. Kekacs, and Joshua A. Segal (Bredhoff & Kaiser); David M. Slutsky (Levy Ratner); R. Scott Thompson (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch)

    Case Number: 19-3693

    Coercive Conduct by Unions Targeted Towards Achieving Legitimate Labor Objectives Could Not Support Hobbs Act Liability

  • BBVA USA v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2022-01-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bourliot
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-20-00427-CV

    Spring LLC took out a loan from appellant for $1 million and signed a promissory note.

  • Stapleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Donaldson, (Perry & Walters, LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1789

    Creating Hit List and List of Supplies to Commit Murders, and Bringing Gun to School, Supported Crime of Attempted Murder

  • Bruce Katz MD, PC v. Focus Forward LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Technology Media and Telecom | Telecommunications
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Glenn L. Hara, Anderson + Wanca, Rolling Meadows, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Samantha L. Southall, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA.

    Case Number: 21-1224-CV

    Faxed Market Research Invitations Not 'Unsolicited Advertisement' Under TCPA, JFPA

  • In the Interest of A. B., et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-01-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Anagnostakis, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for appellee; Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta for Other party.

    Case Number: A21A1386

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating mother's parental rights as to two older children and vacates and remands termination order as to the youngest child