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  • Cottonwood Dev. Corp. v. Preston Hollow Capital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Byrne
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-22-00735-CV

    The City of Hutto created appellant Cottonwood Development Corporation as a local government corporation to facilitate a project involving a mixed-use development of 250 acres.

  • Harpur v. Bich

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Cathy Seibel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs: Anne C. Lefever, John A. Pintarelli, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant: Dennis H. Tracey, III, Benjamin A. Fleming, Alexandra M. Lyon, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 24-CV-5006

    Action Is Remanded; Damages Were Awarded for Abuse of Process Not Defamation

  • Patch Energy LLC v. Indio Minerals LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Energy and Natural Resources | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-22-00280-CV

    The case involves a dispute concerning claims to a portion of a royalty interest that had been reserved in a 1930 conveyance of the mineral interest in land located in Midland County.

  • Benfer v. City of Baytown

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Government
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-20543

    The court affirmed the district court's dismissal finding that the Officer who arrested Benfer and his wife after a traffic stop had not violated their Constitutional rights, that their state tort claims were not cognizable under Texas law, and that Benfer's complaint did not plead sufficient facts to support a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Monell v. Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978).

  • Ricks v. Lumpkin

    Publication Date: 2024-12-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ho
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-70008

    Appellant was convicted in Texas state court of capital murder and sentenced to death for murdering his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son.

  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S25Y0025

    Court accepts attorney's amended petition for reciprocal discipline and imposes a ten-day suspension after attorney was found to have violated Florida Rules of Practice

  • H.D. v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-0653-23

    Plaintiff appealed the trial court's summary judgment dismissal of her complaint against defendants Sherryl Allen and the Riverside Municipal Court.

  • J. Allen Nimmo Apartments v. Martinez

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-1337-23

    Defendant appealed a judgment for possession in favor of plaintiff.

  • Reid v. Garland

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Myrna Pérez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner Everod Ray Anthony Reid: Molly Lauterback, Sophie Dalsimer, Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY, on the brief, Andrew D. Bergman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Houston, TX.
    for defendant: For Respondent Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney General: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr., Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Former Immigration Judges and Former Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals, in support of Petitioner: John J. Clarke, Jr., Subarkah Syafruddin, John O. Wray, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Bronx Defenders, Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society, and Open Immigration Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: John Harland Giammatteo, Staff Attorney and Justice Catalyst Fellow, Lutheran Social Services of New York, Immigration Legal Program, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Pangea Legal Services, in support of Petitioner: Allen Burton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY, Martha F. Hutton, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 20-3324

    IJ Improperly Applied Framework to Protect Rights of Noncitizens Who May Be Incompetent

  • Lindow v. Argent Mortgage Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Ann M. Donnelly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-CV-8860

    'Rooker-Feldman', Res Judicata Bar Claims in Challenge to Foreclosure as Based on Fraud