• 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:

    Case Number:

    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:

    Case Number:

    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:

    Case Number:

    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

  • People v. Woods

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-09-19
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Eric J. Kohm, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Gerald J. Miller, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: 2d Crim. No. B269253

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10273 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DILLAN MICHAEL WOODS,

  • People v. White

    Publication Date: 2016-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2016-09-19
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Ryan M. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Vanessa Place, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B267529

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 10265 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT EARL WHITE, De

  • September 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

    Court of Appeals Recognizes New Frontiers in Parenting

    On Sept. 1, 2016, the Court of Appeals rendered a decision on two cases considered together on appeal: Brooke M. and Estrellita X. These important cases have received a fai

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  • September 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

    How Justice James E.C. Perry Will Be Remembered

    If Florida voters remember anything about the epic 2014-2015 court battles over redistricting, it would be the outcome: a new election map. But some people, mostly lawyers, will also r

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