Filter This View

  • 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:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0793

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

  • Andrade v. Port Auth. of NY & NJ

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Lilian Wan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 512446/2018

    Injured Construction Worker Entitled To Summary Judgment on §240(1) Claim

  • Dir. of Revenue v. Verisign, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-14
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony J. Testa, Jr., Matthew M. Warren, Michael B. Cooksey, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Tiffany R. Moseley, Steven S. Rosenthal, Loeb & Loeb, Washington, DC for appellant
    for defendant: Frank. J. Gallo, Kyle O. Sollie, Sebastian C. Watt, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee
    Case Number: D69643

    Division of revenue policy limiting the use of net operating loss to the amount claimed on a consolidated federal income tax return was inconsistent with operative state tax law which required each Delaware corporate taxpayer to calculate its income as if it had filed its federal return separately.

  • Tyson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Stevens Schrope, Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg, (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, David Parks White, (Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0774

    Lack of Complete Transcription of Jury Voir Dire in Appeal Record Did Not Deprive Appellant of Due Process Rights

  • Hughes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Edward Clark, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Cody M. Long, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Alane Penn, Heather Nicole Dunn, (Forsyth County District Attorney's Office), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0730

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation For Denying Defendant's Self-Defense Immunity Claim

  • BPX Operating v. Strickhausen

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blacklock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0567

    Respondent owns fifty percent of the mineral interest in a tract of land in La Salle County.

  • People v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Acting Justice Gene Lopez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 00477-2020

    People Not Required to Provide Reports That Were Not in Their Actual Possession

  • Fitts v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert James Beckwith, (The Beckwith Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Alex Martin Bernick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, Steven Tyler Normandia, (District Attorney's Office for the Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0159

    Evidence Supported Jury's Conclusion Shooter's Girlfriend Was Party to His Crimes

  • State of Delaware, Dep't of Fin. v. AT&T Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara A. Lima, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69437

    Where defendant made a particularized showing regarding an improper purpose in connection with an agency's issuance of a governmental subpoena, the court was entitled to request further submissions before deciding the matter.

  • In The Estate of Johnson Deceased

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Litigation | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0424

    In this case, a beneficiary under a will sought to circumvent the long-established rule that a person cannot accept benefits under a will while contesting its validity.