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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0351

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and life without parole sentence despite defendant's challenges on evidence and arguments regarding his mental condition

  • Samson Exploration, LLC v. Bordages

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages | Energy and Natural Resources
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
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    Case Number: 22-0215

    Petitioner Sampson Exploration LLC held oil and gas leases on properties of three different families, the Klorers, the Hooks and the Bordages, that sued petitioner for unpaid royalties owed.

  • Tex. Dep't of Ins. v. Stonewater Roofing, Ltd. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Insurance Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 22-0427

    Respondent, a roofing contractor, challenged the Texas Insurance Code's licensing and dual-capacity regulations for public insurance adjusters, claiming these laws violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

  • People v. Perkins

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Michael J. Yavinsky
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    Case Number: 74731/2023

    Certificate of Compliance Found Valid as Prosecution Exercised Due Diligence

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Zayas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0025

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, contentions of ineffective assistance, and jury instruction error

  • Aaronson v. SN Funding, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
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    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Jerome C. Murphy
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    Case Number: 618225-2022

    Complaint Dismissed, Earlier Release Applied to Third-Party Defendant

  • Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Federal Government | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Gorsuch
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    Case Number: 23A349

    States' likelihood of prevailing on claim that EPA's issuance of Federal Implementation Plan was arbitrary or capricious entitles them to stay of enforcement

  • People v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Eugene M. Guarino
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    Case Number: 74062-2021

    Prosecution's Discovery Should Be Used to Gather Items Necessary for Trial, Court Rules

  • People v. Villota

    Publication Date: 2024-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Michael J. Yavinsky
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 74689/2023

    Dismissal Denied as Prosecution Made Good Faith Effort to Hand Over Discovery