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Deparvine v. Florida

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the erroneous admission of hearsay statements;...

Wachovia Ins. Servs., Inc. v. Toomey

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Upon certified questions from the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in a case arising from the termination of two employment contracts, the...

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 06-52 Re: Aleman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Recommendation for a public reprimand is approved for a judge who imposed unreasonable requirements on defense attorneys who moved for her...

Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 07-540 Re: Maxwell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Recommendation for a public reprimand is approved for a judge who secured the release of a domestic-violence defendant upon the personal request of a...

Palahnuk v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Tax Law
Respondent's determination of a tax deficiency on petitioners' 2001 federal income tax return is affirmed where: 1) the rules governing the...

Texas v. Dawmar Partners, Ltd.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising from the condemnation of land for a highway project, judgment of damages for the value of land taken and diminished value of the...

Sacks v. Haden

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
In a dispute over an attorney's fee in a federal appellate representation, reversal of summary judgment for plaintiff-attorney is reversed where a...

Adams v. YMCA of San Antonio

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a negligent-hiring case against a summer camp whose employee sexually abused a camper, reversal of jury's award of damages for future mental...

Martinez-Partido v. Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hosp.

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice case, reversal of a finding that plaintiff's required expert reports were adequate is vacated and remanded for consideration...

Unauthorized Practice of Law Comm. v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law
In an action for a declaratory judgment that an insurance company could use its staff legal counsel to represent its insureds, motion for rehearing is...