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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0351

    Court affirms felony murder conviction and life without parole sentence despite defendant's challenges on evidence and arguments regarding his mental condition

  • Lee v. Grand Prairie Indep. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Theofanis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-23-00454-CV

    In 2017, appellant was injured while working as an employee of appellee Grand Prairie Independent School District.

  • Samson Exploration, LLC v. Bordages

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages | Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0215

    Petitioner Sampson Exploration LLC held oil and gas leases on properties of three different families, the Klorers, the Hooks and the Bordages, that sued petitioner for unpaid royalties owed.

  • Tex. Dep't of Ins. v. Stonewater Roofing, Ltd. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Constitutional Law | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0427

    Respondent, a roofing contractor, challenged the Texas Insurance Code's licensing and dual-capacity regulations for public insurance adjusters, claiming these laws violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

  • People v. Perkins

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Michael J. Yavinsky
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 74731/2023

    Certificate of Compliance Found Valid as Prosecution Exercised Due Diligence

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S24A0171

    In a sharply divided opinion, court reverses malice murder conviction due to failure to instruct jury on voluntary manslaughter

  • Zayas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Kyle Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Lawrence Jason Zimmerman, (The Law Office of Lawrence J. Zimmerman), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, Mary Catherine Norman, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Lee Darragh, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Kelley Martin Robertson, Anna Victoria Fowler, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0025

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, contentions of ineffective assistance, and jury instruction error

  • Aaronson v. SN Funding, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Jerome C. Murphy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 618225-2022

    Complaint Dismissed, Earlier Release Applied to Third-Party Defendant

  • AMK Capital Corp. v. Plotch

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Austin T. Shufelt of counsel, New York Litigation Group, PLLC, Rochester.
    for defendant: For Respondents: Meaghan Roe and Arthur G. Jakoby of counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York.
    Case Number: 32374/17

    Dual Purpose Address Qualifies as Residential Address for Service Affidavit Purposes

  • People v. Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Eugene M. Guarino
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 74062-2021

    Prosecution's Discovery Should Be Used to Gather Items Necessary for Trial, Court Rules