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  • In re Commitment of Jones

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0260

    The court was asked to determine whether a final verdict for the defendant, declining to find that the defendant is a sexually violent predator, must be unanimous, as is required for a civil-commitment verdict finding that the defendant is an SVP.

  • Bush v. Lone Oak Club, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legislation | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0264

    This case involved a title dispute between the State and a private landowner over portions of the submerged bed of Lone Oak Bayou, a navigable body of water located near the Gulf of Mexico.

  • In re Abbott

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0291

    Plaintiffs alleged that Executive Order GA-13, which changed the rules applicable to judges' decisions regarding pre-trial bail and suspended certain statutes authorizing trial judges to release jail inmates with violent histories during the current state of disaster, was unconstitutional and exceeded the governor's statutory emergency powers.

  • People (ex rel. Coleman) v. Brann

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Lester Adler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for the People by: Tim Lynch, Jie Xiang, Masateru Marabashi, Johanna Lerner, Simon Folkard, Robert McIver, Esqs., Office of the District Attorney, Bronx Co.
    for defendant: Attorney for Petitioners by: Daniel Hamburg, Ilona Coleman, Annette Lee, Archana Prakash, Pezhmon Zaiim, Emily Prokesch, Deborah Lolai, and Ruth Hamilton, Esqs., the Bronx Defenders. Attorney for the New York State Department of Corrections Community Supervision by: Jeb Harben, Esq., Office of the Attorney General.
    Case Number: 260252/20

    Detainees Denied Release on Constitutional Prohibition of Cruel, Unusual Punishment Claims

  • Corley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri L. Thompson, (Law Office of Teri Thompson, LLC), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Heap, Emily Catherine Puhala, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0214

    Note From Jury to Trial Court Delivered During Deliberation Did Not Establish Jury Had Reached Final Verdict

  • People (ex rel. Gregor) v. Reynolds

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Essex
    Judge: Justice Richard Meyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Petitioner: Ryan E. Lawrence, Robert N. Gregor, Esq., Lake George, New York.
    for defendant: For the Respondent: David E. Reynolds, Essex County Sheriff, Daniel T. Tedford, Esq., Assistant Essex County Attorney, Elizabethtown, New York. For the Respondent New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision: Glen Francis Michaels, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, Letitia James, Esq., Attorney General of the State of New York, Plattsburgh, New York.
    Case Number: CV20-0149

    Inmate With Underlying Conditions Released Due to COVID-19 Risks, Another Denied Release

  • People v. Brann

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Mark Dwyer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioners: Lauren Gottesman, Esq., Mary Lynne Werlwas, Esq., The Legal Aid Society.; For Petitioner Nicholas Kilgore: Robert Briere, Esq.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Martin Bowe, Esq. New York City Law Department For Respondent Cynthia Brann James Cooney, Esq. New York State Department of Law For Respondent Anthony Annucci Patricia Bailey, Esq., New York County District Attorneys Office.
    Case Number: 451078/2020

    Certain Inmates in High-Risk Category Ordered Released From Rikers Due to COVID-19

  • Federbush v. Shah

    Publication Date: 2020-04-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Douglas Hoffman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 350063/2019

    Matrimonial Action Stayed Pending Conclusion of Previously Filed Thai Divorce Action

  • Hogan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Elizabeth Bullard, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Leslie Anna Coots, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1448

    Trial Court Conducted Adequate Analysis in Concluding Defendant's Exclusion of Prospective Juror Was Based on Discriminatory Intent

  • The City of New York v. Airbnb Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Special Master Abbye Lawrence
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The City was represented by: Brian Krist of the New York City Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement.
    for defendant: Airbnb was represented by: Nicholas Jackson of ZwillGen PLLC.
    Case Number: 451582/2018

    City Entitled to Airbnb Postings' User Records for Unlawful Short-Term Tenancies