• August 25, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

    Case Summaries

    Editor's note: What follows are summaries of state and federal appellate court opinions issued from June 5 to July 2. The list is organized by court and practice area. U.

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  • People v. Lucas

    Publication Date: 2014-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-21
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bill Lockyer and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Holly D. Wilkens and William M. Wood, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Thomas Lundy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No: S012279

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9763 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID ALLEN LUCAS, Def

  • Martinez v. Aero Caribbean

    Publication Date: 2014-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2014-08-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding Before: Barry G. Silverman, William A. Fletcher, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian J. Malloy (argued), Thomas John Brandi, Daniel Dell'Osso, The Brandi Law Firm, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Eric C. Strain (argued), Cameron Robert Cloar, Brian C. Dalrymple, Nixon Peabody LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 12-16043

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9744 LORENZO MENDOZA MARTINEZ; ELIEZER MENDOZA MARTINEZ; ELIU MENDOZA; GLORIA MARTINEZ MONTES, Plaintiffs-Appellants,p cl

  • David McKay, Plaintiff v. The City of New York, et al., Defendants, 13 Civ. 2948

    Publication Date: 2014-08-20
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge John Koeltl
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13 Civ. 2948

    Cite as: McKay v. The City of New York, 13 Civ. 2948, NYLJ 1202667243219, at *1 (SDNY, Decided July 24, 2014) 13 Civ. 2948 District Judge John Ko

  • Marvin Hewatt Enters. Inc. v. Butler Capital Corp.

    Publication Date: 2014-08-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A14A0592; A14A0593

    The trial court did not err in finding that a question of fact remained as to whether the at issue was terminated, i.e., whether the tenant surrendered the premises or abandoned the

  • New York State Division of Human Rights on the Complaint of Melisa McCarthy and Jennifer McCarthy, Complainant v. Liberty Ridge Farm, LLC, Cynthia Gifford, Robert Gifford, Respondents, 10157952; 10157963

    Publication Date: 2014-08-19
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    Court: New York State Division of Human Rights
    Judge: ALJ Migdalia Pares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Complainant: Melisa McCarthy, Newark, NJ.
    for defendant: Complainant: Jennifer McCarthy, Newark, NJ. Complainant Attorney: Mariko Hirose, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. Complainant Attorney: Arthur Eisenberg, Esq., New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY. Respondent Attn: Cynthia Gifford, Liberty Ridge Farm, LLC, Schaghticoke, NY. Respondent: Cynthia Gifford, Schaghticoke, NY. Respondent: Robert Gifford, Schaghticoke, NY. Respondent Attorney: James P. Trainor, Esq., Cutler, Trainor & Cutler, LLP, Malta, NY. Attn: Civil Rights Bureau, Hon. Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General, New York, New York. State Division of Human Rights: Robert Goldstein, Director of Prosecutions, Lilliana Estrella-Castillo, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Migdalia Pares, Administrative Law Judge, Michael Swirsky, Litigation and Appeals, Caroline J. Downey, General Counsel, Melissa Franco, Deputy Commissioner for Enforcement, Peter G. Buchenholz, Adjudication Counsel, Matthew Menes, Adjudication Counsel.

    Case Number: 10157952; 10157963

    Cite as: New York State Division of Human Rights v. Liberty Ridge Farm, LLC, 10157952, NYLJ 1202666939841, at *1 (NYSDHR, Decided July 2, 2014)

  • Sarah Cordova and Glen Cordova, Plaintiffs v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Defendant, 14-CV-351 (JFB)(ARL)

    Publication Date: 2014-08-19
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Joseph Bianco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiffs are represented by: David J. DeToffol of DeToffol & Associates, Attorneys at Law, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Defendant is represented by: Glenn S. Kerner, Nilda Maria Isidro, and Carla Rose Karp of Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-CV-351 (JFB)(ARL)

    Cite as: Cordova v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 14-CV-351 (JFB)(ARL), NYLJ 1202667102758, at *1 (EDNY, Decided July 30, 2014) 14-CV-351 (JFB)(ARL) D

  • Federal Trade Commission v. Bluehippo Funding, 11-374-cv

    Publication Date: 2014-08-15
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Leval, Sack, and Hall, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Michael D. Bergman, James A. Kohm, Robert S. Kaye, Amanda C. Basta, on the brief, David C. Shonka, Sr., Deputy Chief Counsel, for Lawrence DeMille-Wagman, Assistant General Counsel for Litigation, John F. Daly, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and Willard K. Tom, General Counsel, United States Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: John J. Connolly, on the brief, Martin S. Himeles, Jr., Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD.

    Case Number: 11-374-cv

    Cite as: FTC v. Bluehippo Funding, 11-374-cv, NYLJ 1202666818274, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 12, 2014) 11-374-cv Before: Leval, Sack, and Hall

  • August 12, 2014 | Legal Times

    CFPB Fines Bait-and-Switch Mortgage Scheme $19M

    Online mortgage lender Amerisave Corp. on Tuesday was ordered to pay $19.3 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for deceiving tens of thousands of borrowers with a bait-and-sw

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  • Matter of The Explorers Club v. Diageo, 152524/14

    Publication Date: 2014-08-11
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    Court: Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division
    Judge: Justice Charles E. Ramos
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 152524/14

    Cite as: Explorers Club v. Diageo, 152524/14, NYLJ 1202665964753, at *1 (Sup., NY, Decided August 4, 2014) 152524/14 Justice Charles E. Ramos