• Paxton v. Simmons

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Carlyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 05-20-00058-CV

    In August 2016, appellee rented an appartement.

  • Samake v. Thunder Lube Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution | Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Abdul K. Hassan, Abdul Hassan Law Group, PLLC, Queens Village, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Michael Bruk, Law Office of Michael Bruk, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 21-102-cv

    Appeal of Interlocutory Order Compelling Arbitration Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction

  • Fields v. Kijakazi

    Publication Date: 2022-02-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-3760-cv

    Law Firm's High Contingency Fee Not 'Windfall'; Court, SSA Should Release $40,170 to Firm

  • Shine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1580

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking, felony fleeing, and theft by receiving over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence

  • Foote v. Texcel Exploration

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Bailey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-20-00028-CV

    Appellants brought suit for damages to cattle killed and injured from an oil spill adjacent to land they had arranged to use for grazing.

  • Barrows v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees and Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees: Wey-Wey Kwok, on the brief, Alice Bers, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Willimantic, CT; David J. Berger, Steven Guggenheim, on the brief, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA; Regan Bailey, Carol Wong, on the brief, Justice in Aging, Washington, D.C.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael S. Raab, on the brief, Adam C. Jed, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, for Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae AARP, AARP Foundation, National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut: M. Geron Gadd, Kelly Bagby, William Alvarado Rivera, on the brief, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Kasey Considine, on the brief, Disability Rights Connecticut, Hartford, CT. For Amici Curiae The American Medical Association and Connecticut State Medical Society: Erin G. Sutton, on the brief, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. For Amicus Curiae The American Health Care Association: James F. Segroves, on the brief, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 20-1642-cv

    Medicare Beneficiaries' Rights Violated by Reclassification Absent Mechanism to Appeal

  • In the Interest of C. B., a child (mother).

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney at Law), Conyers, Raymond Gordon, (Raymond F. Gordon PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Dana Leader, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1195

    Court reverses juvenile court order and concludes a child to be not dependent because DFCS did not present clear and convincing evidence of present dependency

  • 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.