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  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Leslie Anna Coots, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephany Julissa Luttrell, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Smyrna, Fani T. Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0250

    Defendant Did Not Clearly Invoke Right to Counsel During Jailhouse Phone Conversation With Police Detective

  • Collins v. Yellen

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Alito
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-422

    Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 grants FHFA broad authority as conservator to implement rehabilitation plan that prioritizes public's interest over interests of regulated entity

  • California v. Texas

    Publication Date: 2021-06-17
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Breyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-840

    Plaintiffs lack standing to attack as unconstitutional Affordable Care Act's minimum essential coverage provision

  • Aerotek v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0290

    A recruiting company, that was sued for racial discrimination and retaliation, was able to prove that the trial court erred in denying a motion to compel arbitration.

  • Stewart v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Oliver Jackson Browning, Jr., (Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0074

    Court affirms felony murder and aggravated assault convictions but vacates defendant's sentence due to a merger error

  • Allen, Warden v. Daker

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0091

    Court affirms habeus order that a defendant was improperly denied a right to have appointed appellate counsel following his convictions for murder and other crimes.

  • Adirondack Council Inc. v. Town of Clare

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, St. Lawrence
    Judge: Justice Mary Farley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner: Scott B. Goldie, Esq., of counsel, Conboy, McKay, Bachman & Kendall, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Eric J. Gustafson, Esq., of counsel, Pease and Gustafson, LLP.
    Case Number: EFCV-20-158776

    Town's All-Terrain Vehicle Use Law Is Valid; Town Satisfied Its Obligations Under SEQRA

  • Frometa v. Mar-Can Transp. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Veronica Hummel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21476/2018E

    Decedent's Estate Administrator Has Standing to Pursue Wrongful Death, Survival Actions

  • Allen v. Cape May County

    Publication Date: 2021-05-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer B. Barr (Cooper Levenson, attorneys; Jennifer B. Barr and Russell L. Lichtenstein, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Sebastian B. Ionno (Ionno & Higbee, attorneys; Sebastian B. Ionno and D. Rebecca Higbee, on the brief)
    Case Number: A-49-19 (083295)

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Defendants Summary Judgment Where Unclear Which Provision of CEPA Plaintiff was Basing Her Claims On

  • Edwards v. Vannoy

    Publication Date: 2021-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Kavanaugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-5807

    Ramos jury-unanimity rule does not apply retroactively on federal collateral review