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  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Marcia Gail Shein, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0781

    Defendant Who Failed to Timely Raise a Challenge to Jury List Composition Waived the Right to Object

  • State of Texas v. Hollins

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 20-0729

    Respondent, the Harris County Clerk, proposed mailing unsolicited ballot applications for mail-in ballots to all registered voters under 65 years of age, only a fraction of whom are eligible to vote by mail.

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Francis McDonough, (Heninger Garrison & Davis, LLC), Atlanta, Nancy Hersh, Kate Hersh-Boyle, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, David Blake Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, William L. Garrison, Jr., (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Edward Lavender, Alison Lawrence Currie, Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy D Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1486

    Rule Barring "Wrongful Birth" Claims Did Not Necessarily Bar All Claims Based on Defective Sperm

  • Cordova v. 27E79 Prop. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Labor Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Frank Nervo
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    Case Number: 160748/2017

    Defendants Lack Control of Construction on Floors Above Injured Worker, LL §200 Dismissed

  • Snipes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Allen Adams, (Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Benjamin David Coker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomaston, Elizabeth A. Baker, (Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0934

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Strike Investigator's Damaging Testimony on Cross-Examination

  • M. Cohen & Sons Inc. v. Superior Steel Door & Trim Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy Bannon
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    Case Number: 651942/2017

    Vacatur of Order Precluding Defense Offering Evidence for Discovery Noncompliance Denied

  • Hodges v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Davis Smith, (Conger & Smith, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, John Andrew Rumker, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0709

    Court affirms malice murder and other convictions over defendant's contention over trial court error in denying a new trial motion on general grounds.

  • Synovus Bank v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Garland, Stephan Alan Ray, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall And Rodgers P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter W. Kelley, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Albany, Thomas Dozier Lovett, Thomas Dozier Lovett, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Q0843

    Judgment Creditor's Lien on Debtor's Real Property Was Not Created Until Judgment Was Recorded

  • Poltorak v. Clarke

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Judges
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Wayne Saitta
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    Case Number: 2718/2017

    Forfeiture Against a Judge Personally for Failure to Issue a Writ Is Unconstitutional

  • Rosenthal v. Grzegorz Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy Bannon
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    Case Number: 162426/2014

    Plaintiff's Failure to Complete Discovery by Deadline Will Result in Striking of Complaint