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  • The State v. Stillman

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0594

    Court reverses application of rule of lenity that trial court cited to vacate trafficking charges, and remands for resentencing of defendant on trafficking and pandering charges

  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case

  • Olsen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Cross, Sherry Boston, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office DeKalb County Courthouse), Decatur, Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1506

    Court reverses police officer's conviction related to use of force policy in a case involving a fatal shooting, but notes that officer may be retried for aggravated assault

  • Medallion Film LLC v. Loeb & Loeb LLP

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Appeal, 2nd District
    Judge: Presiding Justice Stratton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: B323356

    Party's attempt to settle dispute without litigation does not justify opposing party's invocation of litigation privilege

  • Ryniker v. Sumec Textile Co. Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Schuyler Carroll, P. Gregory Schwed, on the brief, Noah Weingarten, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Sumec Textile Company Limited, Defendant-Appellee
    Case Number: 23-60-bk

    Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction Over Litigation Administrator's Appeal of Interlocutory Order

  • Wiggins v. Griffin

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Robert E. Wiggins: Meredith Kotler, Andrew Henderson, and Matthew Steyl, on the brief, Jennifer Loeb, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Thomas Griffin, M. Kopp, D. Howard, and Dr. G. Jebamani: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, and Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief, Eric Del Pozo, Assistant Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-533

    Correctional Facility Officials Substantially Burdened Inmate's Religious Exercise

  • Alexander et al. v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2023-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis, (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Brown, (Brown Law, LLC), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0934

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Open Default After Defendants Failed to Plead Meritorious Defense

  • Wells v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Reichek
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 05-21-00855-CR

    A robbery of a known drug dealer resulted in his murder.

  • U.S. v. McPartland

    Publication Date: 2023-09-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Jo Ann M. Navickas, Nicole Boeckmann, and Michael Maffei, Assistant United States Attorneys, and Lara Treinis Gatz, Special Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, Justina Geraci, Assistant United States Attorney, for Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Christopher McPartland: Lisa Cahill, Krantz & Berman LLP, New York, NY; Bradley Gershel, Ballard Spahr LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Larry H. Krantz, Krantz & Berman LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Thomas J. Spota: Erin Monju, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Alan Vinegrad, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 21-1999 cr

    Prosecutors' Convictions Upheld; Fear of Retaliation Evidence Not Admitted in Error

  • Favorito et al. v. Wan et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-07
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, Paul Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC), Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Charles Joyner, (C. David Joyner, P.C.), Buford, Dominique Martinez, David Lowman, Cheryl Ringer, Steven Rosenberg, Kaye Burwell Francesca Black, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Charlene McGowan, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Gabrielle Holland, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, William Charles Bundren, (Bundren Law Group, PLLC), Frisco, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0939

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary to Determine Plaintiffs' Standing to Sue County on Claims of Unlawful Dilution of Election Votes