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  • March 6, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Judging Is Part of May's DNA

    Leigh Martin May's career plans didn't always include a federal judgeship. But if her destiny wasn't guaranteed, a post on the federal bench was, at least, in May's DN

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  • Animal Legal Defense Fund v. LT Napa Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-03-06
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    Date Filed: 2015-03-05
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Animal Legal Defense Fund, Matthew Liebman and Christopher A. Berry; Fenwick & West, William R. Skinner for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Greenwald & Hoffman, Paul A. Hoffman and Paul Evan Greenwald; Law Offices of Manuel S. Klausner and Manuel S. Klausner; and The Michael Tenenbaum Law Firm and Michael Tenenbaum for Defendants and Appellants.
    Case Number: No. A139625

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2305 ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LT NAPA

  • March 6, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Judging Is Part of May's DNA

    Leigh Martin May's career plans didn't always include a federal judgeship. But if her destiny wasn't guaranteed, a post on the federal bench was, at least, in May's DNA.

    1 minute read

  • Elijah Jackson, by and through his Parent and Legal Guardian, Julie Jackson, and Julie Jackson, Individually, Plaintiffs v. Suffolk County, et al., Defendants, 13-CV-394

    Publication Date: 2015-03-02
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs are represented by: Alex Kriegsman, Kriegsman PC, Sag Harbor, NY.
    for defendant: The Southold Defendants are represented by: Frank A. Isner, Daniel P. Barker, and Jean K. Delisle of Smith, Finkelstein, Lundberg, Isler & Yakaboski, LLP, Riverhead, NY. The County Defendants are represented by: Dennis M. Brown, Suffolk County Attorney, by Jason Accordingly, the Court grants summary Bassett, Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney, H Lee Dennison Building, Hauppague, NY.
    Case Number: 13-CV-394

    Cite as: Jackson v. Suffolk County, 13-CV-394, NYLJ 1202719133456, at *1 (EDNY, Decided February 20, 2015) 13-CV-394 District Judge Joseph

  • CROSSTEX NORTH TEXAS PIPELINE, L.P., APPELLANT v. ANDREW GARDINER AND SHANNON GARDINER, APPELLEES

    Publication Date: 2015-02-20
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    Date Filed: 2014-11-13
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SECOND DISTRICT, FORT WORTH
    Judge: BOB MCCOY
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-12-00182-CV

    COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, SECOND DISTRICT, FORT WORTHCROSSTEX NORTH TEXAS PIPELINE, L.P., APPELLANT v. ANDREW GARDINER AN

  • RYAN FRANCIS CHASE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS

    Publication Date: 2015-02-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-11-19
    Court: COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
    Judge: KELLER
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: PD-1768-13

    COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXASRYAN FRANCIS CHASE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXASNO. PD-

  • Hargis v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-11
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathanael Horsley, Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, District Attorney, and Cathy Cox-Brakefield, Assistant District Attorney, Blairsville, for appellee. Other party representation: Kyle Wallace Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A12A1622

    Asserting a disqualification in a motion for new trial before the same judge who is alleged to be disqualified without also asking the judge to recuse from hearing the motion for new trial, as was d

  • Center For Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish and Wildlife

    Publication Date: 2015-02-10
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    Date Filed: 2015-02-10
    Court: C.A. 3rd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Environmental Law Clinic, Deborah A. Sivas, and Alicia E. Thesing for Plaintiff and Appellant Center for Biological Diversity.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Assistant Attorney General, Gavin G. McCabe, Randy L. Barrow, Russell B. Hildreth, and Marc N. Melnick, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.
    Case Number: No. C072486 No. C072790 No. C073011

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1442 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DE

  • METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant v. CALVIN MCCHRISTIAN, Appellee

    Publication Date: 2015-02-10
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    Date Filed: 2014-10-30
    Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, HOUSTON
    Judge: William J. Boyce
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-13-00381-CV

    COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, HOUSTONMETROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant v. CALVIN MCCHRISTIAN, Ap

  • Ross v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-02-05
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Yurachek Yurachek Associates LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Emily R. Chambers Alston Bird LLP, and Gerald R. Weber Jr., Atlanta. Lee Darragh, District Attorney, Lindsay H. Burton, Wanda L. Vance, Assistant District Attorneys, Gainesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S14A1278

    Cell phone "tower dump" records were properly admitted as evidence in the defendant's murder trial, since the defendant stated at trial that she did not object to the admission and, regardless, she