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  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Jessua Calhoun Hornsby, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0382

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and a firearms offense over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance where his trial counsel did not challenge the prosecutor's closing remarks

  • Spencer v. Geary

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 09-23-00037-CV

    Appellee brought a small claims action against appellant alleging a failure to pay for work completed under a construction contract.

  • Texas Dep't of Transp. v. Self

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0585

    Respondents sued petitioner, the Texas Department of Transportation, and others for negligence and inverse condemnation after a TxDOT subcontractor's employees cut down trees on respondents' property outside the boundaries of the State's right of way easement.

  • In re: Estate of Morgan

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Goldstein
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    Case Number: 05-22-00203-CV

    Estate managers, who argued on appeal that the trial court erred in allowing the guardian ad litem to approve a settlement, successfully proved on appeal they were entitled to relief.

  • Unirea Shopping Ctr. S.A. v. Adamescu

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Mary V. Rosado
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 656050/2021

    New York Has Forum Over Case Involving Romanian Company Embezzlement Scandal

  • Hafeez v. American Express Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Margaret A. Chan
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    Case Number: 656656/2022

    Summary Judgment Granted; Defendant Handed All Relevant Documents to Plaintiff

  • Wells Fargo Bank N.A. v. Louis

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Presiding Mark C. Dillon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Kyle B. Stefanczyk of counsel, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent: John J. Caracciolo, East Northport, NY.
    Case Number: 2021-01378

    Foreclosure Action's Sua Sponte Dismissal Was Error; Bank Was Deprived Notice of Issue

  • MH Sub I, LLC v. Muehter

    Publication Date: 2024-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nancy M. Bannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 654956/2023

    Plaintiffs Failed to Show Good Cause to Redact Portions of Court Documents

  • C.T.M. v. J.W.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Columbia
    Judge: Justice Richard Mott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner: Letitia James, Esq., Attorney General of the State of New York, Meg Bailey, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Poughkeepsie, NY.
    for defendant: Respondent: Shane A. Zoni, Esq., Columbia County Public Defender, Sean P. Moran, Esq., Assistant Public Defender, Hudson, NY.
    Case Number: 21913-2024

    Statute Granting Risk Protection Order Does Not Violate Constitutional Rights

  • BitGo Holdings, Inc. v. Galaxy Digital Holdings, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Brian Timmons, David M. Grable, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David Cooper, Deborah K. Brown, Nathan Goralnik, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Ditchfield, Brian M. Burnovski, Pascale Bibi, Kyra Macy Kaufman, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY; Neal Kumar Katyal, Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., Dennis H. Tracey, III, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 2022-0808

    Court remanded for reconsideration of interpretation of contractual requirement using extrinsic evidence where both parties proffered reasonable interpretations of the provision.