• Hegar v. American Multi Cinema

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-0464

    At issue in this franchise tax case was whether a movie theater may subtract film exhibition costs as a cost of goods sold when calculating its taxable margin under section 171.1012 of the Tex. Tax Code.

  • Villarreal v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Wise
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-18-00406-CR

    Appellant consented to a search of his truck during a traffic stop and officers found more than ninety-five pounds of cocaine in a hidden compartment.

  • People v. Ketchmore

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Justice Eugene Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Peter H. Willis of counsel, Robert M. Carney, District Attorney, Schenectady.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Donnial K. Hinds, Albany.

    Case Number: 109995

    Defendant Voluntarily Abandoned Right to Hearing on Constitutional Speedy Trial Issue

  • Cozzi v. Cozzi

    Publication Date: 2020-05-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Cheryl Joseph
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Attorney: Karyn A. Villar, PLLC, Hauppauge, New York.
    for defendant: Defendant's Attorney: Michael J. Alber, P.C., Huntington Station, NY. Attorney for the Children: Domenik Veraldi, Jr., Esq., Islandia, New York.

    Case Number: 05870/2018

    Wife's Appointed Counsel's Representation Now Private in Nature at Private Pay Hourly Rate

  • Mills v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Michael McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, Samantha J Newman, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0364

    Trial Court Erred in Excusing Holdout Juror Without Sufficient Inquiry or Good Cause

  • Yakubov v. Gaft

    Publication Date: 2020-05-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Devin Cohen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 503904/2014

    Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Fraud, Unjust Enrichment Claims Denied

  • 1626 Second Ave. LLC v. Metro. Transp. Auth.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lisa Sokoloff
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 151297/2015

    Adding Additional Claims Against MTA, NYCTA Granted; Adding New Defendant Denied

  • Quinn v. Cuomo

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Robert Caloras
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Petitioner By: Donna Aldea, Esq., Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP.
    for defendant: Attorney for Respondent Board of Elections in the City of New York By: Stephen Kitzinger, Esq., Assistant Corporation Counsel, James E. Johnson, Esq., Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. Attorneys for Respondents Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York, and the New York State Board of Elections. By: James B. Cooney, Esq. and Neil Shevlin, Esq., Assistant Attorneys General, Letitia James, Esq., Attorney General, State of New York.

    Case Number: 705011/2020

    Candidate's Petition to Reinstate Special Election During Continuing Pandemic Unwarranted

  • Martin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Wayne Tarleton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lang Adams, Elizabeth Knight Presley, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Towaliga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Barnesville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20A0273

    Court affirms murder convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, but vacates improper sentence and remands for resentencing

  • Warner Bros v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2020-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Communications and Media
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Guzman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-0068

    Jones was a former NFL player with an illustrious career.