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  • Slosberg v. Giller, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Skip Sugarman, Matthew Greer Hawk, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Charles Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon, LLC), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, Nikola R. Djuric, (Djuric Spratt P.A.), Atlanta for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G1226

    No-Contest Clause Did Not Bar Undue-Influence Claim Against Trust Instrument

  • Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Supreme Court
    Judge: Judge Gorsuch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-418

    Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses protect individual engagement in personal religious observance from government reprisal

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, Benjamin A. Davis, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Richard Benjamin Caplan , (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0414

    Any Error in Admitting Text Messages Sent To and From Phone Number Associated With Defendant Was Harmless

  • 510 E. 6th St. LLC v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2022-06-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lucy Billings
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 152128/2019

    Special Master's Order Modified; Hearing to Determine Removal of Special Master

  • Taylor v. Tolbert

    Publication Date: 2022-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Legal Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-0727

    An attorney, who was sued for violating wiretap statutes by her client's adversary, failed to convince the supreme court that she was entitled to complete relief.

  • 1591 Second Ave. LLC v. Metro. Transp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-05
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Sabrina Kraus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 161539/2015

    Defendants' Submitted Affidavits Are Insufficient Pursuant to Jackson

  • Price v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances C. Kuo, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Darius T. Pattillo, Sharon Lee Hopkins, (Flint Circuit District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0079

    No Merger Where Criminal Acts Were Separated by Deliberate Interval

  • Morrell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Kathleen Leona McCanless, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Bradley Robert Thompson, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1273

    Evidence of Third Party Conduct Relevant as Other-Acts Evidence to Show Defendant's Consciousness of Guilt

  • Sanders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert E. Wilson, (Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, R. Stephen Roberts, (R. Stephen Roberts, PC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Tristan Wade Gillespie, Tasha Helen Pennant, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0983

    Trial Court Lacked Authority to Nolle Pros Indictment After Defendant Filed Notice of Appeal From Denial of Special Demurrer

  • Angel v. Tauch

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-0793

    A bank, that was sued for breach of contract, successfully proved on appeal how there was no contract.