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  • Target Corporation v. DH Properties

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-20-00125-CV

    A prior owner of a tract of land sold the majority of the land for commercial development, but due to environmental contamination and ongoing remediation requirements concerning a small section of the property, the grantor severed the contaminated section into a separate parcel, excepted it from the transfer, and burdened it with a purchase option and easement rights in favor of the surrounding land.

  • J.K.J. v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Fisher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-55622

    Police officers did not act objectively unreasonably in failing to recognize arrestee's serious medical need

  • U.S. v. Jabar

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge John Walker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-Cross-Appellee: Tiffany H. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney, for James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Steve S. Jabar: Jamesa J. Drake, Drake Law, LLC. For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Deborah Bowers: Jesse C. Pyle, on the brief, Mark J. Mahoney, Harrington & Mahoney.
    Case Number: 17-3514-cr

    Case Remanded So Court Can Consider FRCP 29(b) New Trial Motion in First Instance

  • City of Houston v. Houston Municipal

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Christopher
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-18-00896-CV

    A city, that lost on summary judgment to a pension system that demanded statutorily required payments, failed to show on appeal how that decision was in error.

  • C.T. v. K.W.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Presiding Justice Pollak
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A161993

    Request for attorney fees under Uniform Parentage Act may be brought in related DVPA proceedings

  • The State v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Patricia Brooks, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0952

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Derivative Use at Trial of Defendant's Earlier Compelled Statements to Employer

  • Abbott v. City of San Antonio

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Martinez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-21-00342-CV

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott challenged a temporary injunction restraining him and his agents and employees from enforcing sections of Executive Order GA-38 to the extent it prohibited local officials and governmental entities from requiring masks or face coverings be worn in certain settings within the City of San Antonio and Bexar County.

  • In the Matter of the Marriage of Sauls

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Burgess
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-20-00103-CV

    In seven issues, appellant argued the trial court erred by finding the premarital and post-marital agreements valid in dividing the marital estate.

  • 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
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-20-00068-CV

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

  • U.S. v. Landesman

    Publication Date: 2021-11-26
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Robert Sack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York: Kevin Trowel, David Pitluck, Lauren Howard Elbert, Patrick Hein, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Lauren Howard Elbert, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee David Levy: Morris J. Fodeman, Katherine T. McCarthy, on the brief, Michael S. Sommer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. For Defendant-Appellee Mark Nordlicht: Daniel R. Koffman, on the brief, William A. Burck, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP.
    Case Number: 19-3207

    Jury Could Find That Defendant Acted With Intent in Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud