• Neighbors v. Town of Southampton, 08276/2015

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk County, I.A.S. Part 7
    Judge: Justice William Rebolini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Petitioners/Plaintiffs: Gordon & Juengst, P.C. Shoreham, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Respondents/Defendants: Town of Southampton and Town Board of Town of Southampton: Devitt Spellman Barrett, LLP, Smithtown, NY. Attorney for Respondent/DefendantTown of Southampton: Town Attorney, Town of Southampton, Southampton, NY. Attorney for Respondents/Defendants R Squared Development LLC, R Squared INV HB LLC, Canal Properties LLC: Hamburger, Maxson, Yaffee & McNally, LLP, Melville, NY.

    Case Number: 08276/2015

    Cite as: Neighbors v. Town of Southampton, 08276/2015, NYLJ 1202767685892, at *1 (Sup., SUF, Decided August 30, 2016) CASENAME Shinnecock Neighbors, Rita Knox,

  • Southstar, LLC v. Smith, 12163/08

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County, IAS Term, Part 52
    Judge: Justice Francois Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for the Plaintiff: Knuckles, Komosinski and Elliott.
    for defendant: Attorney for the Defendant Shonda Smith: Abraham Hoschander.

    Case Number: 12163/08

    Cite as: Southstar, LLC v. Smith, 12163/08, NYLJ 1202767685834, at *1 (Sup., KI, Decided August 18, 2016) CASENAME Southstar, LLC,2 Plaintiff v. Shonda Smith,

  • SunTrust Bank v. Venable

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig B. Lefkoff and Kristina L. S. Williams Lefkoff, Rubin, Gleason Russo PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kris K. Skaar, Justin T. Holcombe Skaar Feagle LLP, Woodstock, and James M. Feagle Skaar Feagle LLP, Tucker, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Charles R. Bliss, Anne E. B. Carder Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., David A. Webster, Atlanta, Angela J. Riccetti Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc., Decatur, and J. Erik Heath, San Francisco, CA.

    Case Number: S16G0664

    In an issue of first impression in Georgia, the Court held that the 4-year statute of limitation under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code was applicable to a cause of action based on a conditi

  • Sanders v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Winheim and Samuel G. Merritt Public Defender's Office, Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Plez H. Hardin, District Attorney, Joseph C. T. Lewis District Attorney's Office, Americus, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew M. Youn, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16A1081

    The evidence, including the defendant's own statements, was sufficient to support his conviction for m

  • Webb v. Reeves

    Publication Date: 2016-09-21
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shellana J. Welch and Chuck R. Pardue Chuck Pardue Associates PC, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip K. Lichtman Mills, Paskert, Divers PA, Atlanta, Cobb Nixon Blanchard Calhoun Ins., Jennifer T. Kerr Warlick, Tritt, Stebbins Murray LLP, Debra M. Bryan, Troy A. Lanier, J. Larry Broyles, Augusta, and Tyler C. Mahaffey, Wrens, for appellees.

    Case Number: S16A1115

    The record on appeal did not demonstrate that the testator lacked testamentary capacity as a matter of law when he executed his will, and the pr court did not err in admitting the will to pr

  • September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    School Funding Doesn't Violate NY Constitutional Mandate, Judge Rules

    ALBANY - Students in eight smaller-city New York school districts were not illegally deprived of the state funding necessary to provide their students with the "sound, basic education&q

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  • J.E. F.M. v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Constitutional Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, M. Margaret McKeown, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ahilan Thevanesan Arulanantham (argued), ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Heidi Craig Garcia, Todd Nunn, and Theodore J. Angelis, K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, Washington; Glenda M. Aldana Madrid and Matt Adams, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Seattle, Washington; Cecillia Wang and Stephen Kang, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
    for defendant: Erez Reuveni (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Leon Fresco, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

    Case Number: Nos. 15-35738, 15-35739

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10294 J. E. F.M., a minor, by and through his Next Friend, Bob Ekblad; J. F.M., a minor, by and through his Next Friend Bob Ekblad

  • PALWINDER K. (ANONYMOUS), ap, v. KULDEEP K. (ANONYMOUS) res

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Mastro, Rivera, Dillon and Balkin, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    MATTER OF PALWINDER K. (ANONYMOUS), ap, v. KULDEEP K. (ANONYMOUS) res — Appeal by Palwinder K. from an order of the Famil t, Queens County, dated January 8, 2016. Pursuant to Famil

  • DEEPGREEN BANK, a/k/a DEEPGREEN FINANCIAL, res, v. SYE GROSS APPELLANTS def

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Eng, P.J.; Mastro, Rivera, Dillon and Balkin, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    DEEPGREEN BANK, a/k/a DEEPGREEN FINANCIAL, res, v. SYE GROSS APPELLANTS def — Application by the appellants to withdraw an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated

  • PHILLIP F. FORTUNA, ap, v. STEVE DASKAWISZ, a/k/a STEVEN DASH, ET AL., RESPONDENTS def

    Publication Date: 2016-09-20
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Leventhal, J.P.; Chambers, Hinds-Radix and Connolly, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

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    PHILLIP F. FORTUNA, ap, v. STEVE DASKAWISZ, a/k/a STEVEN DASH, ET AL., RESPONDENTS def — Application by the respondents LI Yellow Cab Corp., LI Yellow Cab Airport Service, Inc., LI Yell