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  • Allen v. Hays

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-20337

    The family of a decedent, who was killed by police, successfully proved on appeal that the trial court erred in dismissing the case.

  • Total Energies v. MP Gulf of Mexico

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
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    Case Number: 21-0028

    An energy company, that lost on appeal an argument that it was not required to arbitrate an agreement, failed to prove to that it was entitled to relief.

  • Harper v. Lumpkin

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: 20-70022

    A Texas jury convicted appellant of murder and sentenced him to death.

  • In the Interest of AJDJ v. Department of Family

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goodman
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    Case Number: 01-22-00724-CV

    Since her birth in September 2021, A.J.D.-J., a one-year-old minor who tested positive for marijuana, has been in the custody of her foster mother.

  • Abdullah v. Paxton

    Publication Date: 2023-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-50315

    Appellant, Haseeb Abdullah, was a former State of Texas employee and current employee of Travis County.

  • U.S. v. Osuba

    Publication Date: 2023-04-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge William J. Nardini
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Carina H. Schoenberger, Assistant United States Attorney, for Carla B. Freedman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Theodore S. Green, on the brief, Richard D. Willstatter, Green & Willstatter, White Plains, NY.
    Case Number: 20-3322

    Defendant Used Minor as Passive Participant in Sexually Explicit Conduct

  • Daves v. Dallas County

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Jones
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    Case Number: 18-11368

    A group of criminal defendants, who brought a case to challenge a county's use of pre-set bail, failed to prove on appeal that the case was not moot.

  • Caballero v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Landau
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    Case Number: 01-19-00878-CR

    Appellant was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 30 years' confinement.

  • CSLS Weatherford v. Arens

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Birdwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 02-22-00282-CV

    In October 2020, appellee, Shirley Arens, filed suit against Capital Senior Living, Inc. for negligence in the healthcare treatment she received while living there.

  • Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S22A1060

    Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial