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  • Deblase v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 522689/2023

    Court Orders Amicus Briefs in Case Involving Emotional Distress of Deceased Dog

  • Omstead v. BPG Inspection, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Kristopher Robert Alderman, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lance D. Lourie, Stephen Roberts Chance, Andrew John King, (Lourie Chance Forlines Carter & King, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Ward Sears, Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Samuel Conerly, (Smith Conerly, LLP), Carrollton, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, (Georgians For Lawsuit Reform), Atlanta, Atlanta,, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, Madeline Elizabeth McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Caleb Frank Walker, (The McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0771

    Court affirms enforceability of one-year contractual limitation for filing tort and contract suits against a contractor, holding that the limitation is not void as against public policy

  • City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Gorsuch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-175

    Enforcement against homeless persons of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not violate Eighth Amendment

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    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

  • Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Federal Government | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Judge Roberts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-859

    Seventh Amendment entitles defendant to jury trial in SEC action seeking civil penalties for securities fraud

  • Preserve Pine Plains v. Town of Pine Plains Planning Board

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Putnam
    Judge: Justice Anthony R. Molé
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 500087/2024

    Planning Board's Decision Upheld, Determination Took In Environmental Considerations

  • Goldstein v. Sabatino

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Lehrmann
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    Case Number: 22-0678

    Petitioner sought a protective order against respondent under Chapter 7B of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

  • Mayo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Jeffrey Langley, Kelly Renae Holloway, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Blairsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0094

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenge to alleged inconsistency of jury instructions and jury form, and contentions of procedural error

  • Cobb County v. Floam et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh William Rowling, Jr., Lauren Smith Bruce, Elizabeth Ahern Monyak, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Logan B. Winkles, Jonathan David Loegel, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Justin Thomas Golart, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield,Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, William A. Pinto, Jr., (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S24A0599

    Court reverses order granting declaratory relief to residents who challenged a county boundary redistricting, finding that they could not show a need for guidance for future conduct

  • Cantero v. Bank of America, N. A.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Kavanaugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-529

    The Second Circuit failed to analyze whether New York's interest-on-escrow law is preempted as applied to national banks in a manner consistent with Dodd-Frank and Barnett Bank