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  • Inquiry Concerning Judge Christina Peterson.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Courtney Mays Veal, (Judicial Qualifications Commission), Marietta, Anna Green Cross, (Cross Kincaid LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Law Office of Elizabeth White), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Charles Iverson McBurney, (Superior Court of Fulton County), Atlanta, Richard L. Hyde, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S22Z0180

    Court affirms findings of Judicial Qualification Commission and orders removal of a probate judge due to her violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct

  • Chavez v. Plan Benefit Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Stewart
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50368

    Appellees sought to represent a class in a lawsuit against appellants for the alleged mismanagement of funds that appellees contributed to benefit plans through their employers.

  • Kaziu v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Betim Kaziu: Yoav M. Griver, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee United States of America: Breon Peace, United States Attorney, Saritha Komatireddy And Robert M. Pollack, Assistant United States Attorneys, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York.
    Case Number: 121-1247-pr

    District Court Exceeded Its Discretion in Declining Full De Novo Resentencing Proceeding

  • Henry v. Oluwole

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Steven J. Menashi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: No appearance for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: John F. Costa, Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP, Bridgeport, CT.
    Case Number: 21-2468

    Default Judgment Should Have Been Set Aside as Inconsistent With Jury's Verdict

  • LTL Mgmt. LLC v. Moline

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
    Judge: District Judge Castner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-02990 (GC) (JTQ)

    Defendant filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim.

  • Horton v. The Kansas City S. Ry. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Government | Transportation | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-0769

    A Kansas City Southern Railway Company train collided with decedent's pickup truck as she drove across a railroad track on a rural road near her home.

  • Deblase v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 522689/2023

    Court Orders Amicus Briefs in Case Involving Emotional Distress of Deceased Dog

  • Chestnut v. United Methodist Church

    Publication Date: 2024-07-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Lillian Wan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: John Francis McAllister and Meghna Sridhar of counsel, McAllister Olivarius, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellants: Keri A. Wehrheim of counsel, Schahill Law Group, P.C., Bethpage, NY.
    Case Number: 2023-08081

    Church Is Not Jural Entity Capable of Being Sued as Unincorporated Association

  • Omstead v. BPG Inspection, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Kristopher Robert Alderman, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lance D. Lourie, Stephen Roberts Chance, Andrew John King, (Lourie Chance Forlines Carter & King, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Ward Sears, Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Samuel Conerly, (Smith Conerly, LLP), Carrollton, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, (Georgians For Lawsuit Reform), Atlanta, Atlanta,, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, Madeline Elizabeth McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Caleb Frank Walker, (The McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0771

    Court affirms enforceability of one-year contractual limitation for filing tort and contract suits against a contractor, holding that the limitation is not void as against public policy

  • Paxton v. Dettlebach

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Clement
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-10802

    Appellants, three individuals and the State of Texas, sought to enjoin federal statutes that criminalize making silencers for personal use without paying a $200 excise tax, applying for permission from the federal government, and registering the silencer in a federal database.