Howard v. The State

Publication Date: 2024-04-16

Practice Area: Criminal Law

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Court: Georgia Supreme Court

Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.

For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Gary Drew Bergman, (Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia), Morrow, Stacey Sherrard Jackson, Tina G. Stanford, (Chatahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.

Case number: S24A0105

Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and jury selection error

Varela v. Zavala Plus, LLC

Publication Date: 2024-04-15

Practice Area: Civil Appeals | International Law | Personal Injury

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Justice Garcia

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Case number: 05-22-01077-CV

In a personal injury case arising from a bus accident in Mexico, appellants, representing themselves and the estate of a deceased passenger, sued appellee, a Texas-based bus company, alleging negligence and seeking damages.

Citizens United to Protect Our Neighbors v. Vill. of Chestnut Ridge, NY

Publication Date: 2024-04-15

Practice Area: Civil Rights | Constitutional Law | Land Use and Planning

Industry: State and Local Government

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Judge: Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Marci A. Hamilton, Law Office of Marci A. Hamilton, Washington Crossing, PA, on the brief, Michael B. De Leeuw, Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY.

For defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Donald J. Feerick, Jr., on the brief, Matthew W. Lizotte (), Feerick Nugent MacCartney PLLC, South Nyack, NY.

Case number: 22-2710

Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Establishment Clause Challenge to Village's 2019 Zoning Law

Uptown Cars, Inc. v. Newcastle Mgmt. Trust

Publication Date: 2024-04-15

Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Appeals | Real Estate

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Court: Court of Appeals

Judge: Justice Baker

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Case number: 03-22-00422-CV

In a dispute over easement rights to access Lake Travis, appellant, the non-waterfront property owner, sued appellees, the lakefront property owners, to establish rights to build a road and boat dock on appellees' properties and to maintain a boat dock through a prescriptive easement.

Blowe v. Roberts et al.

Publication Date: 2024-04-10

Practice Area: Education Law

Industry: Education

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle

Attorneys:

For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.

For defendant: Larry Stewart, Dianna Lee, Michael Roth, (Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.

Case number: A23A1470

Court reverses a ruling and finds that a teacher's actions in classroom chemistry experiment were discretionary, not ministerial, and affirms that ordinances and safety codes do not create ministerial duties