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  • Wilson v. Midland County

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ramirez
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    Case Number: 22-50998

    Plaintiff Erma Wilson was convicted of cocaine possession in 2001. Her appeal to a Texas court of appeals was unsuccessful.

  • March 6, 2019 | Law.com

    25 Years After: Campbell v. Acuff-Rose and the State of Copyright Fair-Use Controversies

    On March 7, 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court decided for the first time that a parody may be a copyright fair use. In the 25 years that followed, the High Court's unanimous 9-0 ruling in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Inc., has been cited in more than 500 court decisions. But the Supreme Court's pronouncement left questions and controversies in its wake.

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  • The State v. Abbott

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Hines
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Bradley Smith, Henry Wayne Syms Jr., Tyler McKenzie Gray (Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Augusta; Christopher M. Carr, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ricardo Bravo (Law Offices of Ricardo Bravo LLC), Augusta; Charles R. Sheppard, Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1583

    The trial court properly suppressed defendant's pre-Miranda warning statements to investigators but applied the wrong legal standard in suppressing his post-Miranda statements, which the trial court determined resulted from an improper interrogate first, warn later procedure.

  • May 11, 2017 |

    Insured Could Not Rely on Non-Recourse Provision in Life Insurance Funding Deal, 1st Circuit Says in Opinion by Justice Souter

    The non-recourse provision in a life insurance premium funding document did not preclude imposing liability on the insured for breaching the transaction’s…

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  • Nowakowski v. People of the State of New York, 14-1964

    Publication Date: 2016-08-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Wesley, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pro se: Robert Nowakowski, Brooklyn, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee: Leonard Joblove, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief, Victor Barall, Assistant District Attorney, for Kenneth P. Thomson, District Attorney for Kings County, Brooklyn, NY.
    Case Number: 14-1964

    Cite as: Nowakowski v. NYS, 14-1964, NYLJ 1202766382664, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 26, 2016) CASE NAME Robert Nowakowski, Petitioner-Appellant v. The Peop

  • People v. Joel Nelson, No. 45

    Publication Date: 2016-04-05
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    Court: New York State, Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Abdus-Salaam and Stein concur. Judge Garcia concurs in result in an opinion, in which Judges Pigott and Rivera concur.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexis A. Ascher, for appellant.
    for defendant: Morgan J. Dennehy, for respondent.
    Case Number: No. 45

    Cite as: People v. Nelson, No. 45, NYLJ 1202754140300, at *1 (Ct. of App., Decided April 5, 2016) CASE NAME The People &c., Res

  • Lyall v. City of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2015-12-04
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-04
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Jay S. Bybee and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Elizabeth E. Foote,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald W. Cook (argued), Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Lisa S. Berger (argued), Deputy City Attorney, Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney, Amy Jo Field, Supervising City Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 13-56122

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 12885 JAMES DUFF LYALL, individually and as class representatives; JAVIER CORTEZ, individually and as class representatives; MAGNO

  • Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama

    Publication Date: 2015-03-25
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    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: Nos. 13–895 Nos. 13–1138

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 2930 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS, ., APPELLANTS v. ALABAMA

  • Marcos Poventud, Plaintiff-Appellant v. City of New York, Defendants-Appellees*, 12-1011-cv

    Publication Date: 2014-01-21
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch. C.J, Jacobs, Calabresi, Cabranes, Pooler, Sack, Raggi, Wesley, Hall, Livingston, Lynch, Chin, Lohier, Carney, and Droney, C.JJ.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Marcos Poventud: Julia P. Kuan, Romano & Kuan, New York, NY, on the brief, Joel B. Rudin, Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae National and New York State Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Richard D. Willstatter, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, White Plains, NY; Marc Fernich, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York, NY; Charles A. Rothfeld, Paul W. Hughes, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; on the brief, Michael B. Kimberly, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Defendants-Appellees City of New York, et al.: Leonard Koerner; Larry A. Sonnenshein; Linda Donahue; Rachel Seligman Weiss; on the brief, Mordecai Newman for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae District Attorneys Association of the State of New York: Hilary Hassler, Assistant District Attorney, New York County; Steven A. Bender, Assistant District Attorney, Westchester County; Morrie I. Kleinbart, Assistant District Attorney, Richmond County; Itamar J. Yeger, Assistant District Attorney, Rockland County; on the brief, Caitlin Halligan for Kathleen M. Rice, President, District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont: Richard Dearing, Deputy Solicitor General; Won S. Shin, Assistant Solicitor General; on the brief, Barbara Underwood, Solicitor General for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-1011-cv

    Cite as: Poventud v. NYC, 12-1011-cv, NYLJ 1202638937343, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 14, 2014) 12-1011-

  • Poventud v. NYC, 12-1011-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-04-24
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, CJ, Calabresi and Sack, CJJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Joel B. Rudin, Esq., Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, New York, NY, and Julia P. Kuan, Romano & Kuan, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees: Mordecai Newman, Larry A. Sonnenshein, and Rachel Seligman Weiss, of counsel, for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York.
    Case Number: 12-1011-cv

    Cite as: Poventud v. NYC, 12-1011-cv, NYLJ 1202597020958, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 19, 2013)Before: Jacobs, CJ, Calabresi and Sack, CJJ.p class=