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Stedfast Baptist Church v. Fellowship of the Sword, Inc.

Fort Worth, Texas – Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellant with Seeking declaratory relief construing the default provisions of a commercial lease.

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A. The Lease
In July of 2020, Stedfast, through its president and pastor Jonathan Shelley,
executed a 63-month commercial lease with Fellowship, as one of ... More...   $0 (11-26-2022 - TX)

Allen Flores; Shark Ventures, Inc. d/b/a Shark Shack; Bliss, Inc. d/b/a Bliss Lounge; and Barfly Lounge, Inc. d/b/a Playground Patio Bar v. The City of Galveston, Texas and Yaga's Entertainment, Inc. and Brian Maxwell, in his Official Capacity only

Houston, Texas – Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellants with seeking injunctive and declaratory relief barring the performance of a contract.



The contract that is the subject of this appeal is the Galveston Mardi Gras
Promoter Agreement 2016-18 (the “Contract”) regarding the City’s selection of More...   $0 (11-23-2022 - TX)

Zachary Myers and Dart Frog, LLC v. Tahitian Village Property Owners Association, Inc.; and Tahitian Village Architectural Control Committee

Austin, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Appellants with a breach of the restrictive covenants suit.



Myers owns a lot in the Tahitian Village subdivision. Dart Frog, a Texas limited
liability company that Myers alleged is “one of his companies,” owns six lots in the same
subdivision. In September 2020, Myer... More...   $0 (09-22-2022 - TX)

David Polston; Inland Environmental and Remediation, Inc.; Inland Recycling, L.L.C.; and Boundary Ventures, Inc. v. The State of Texas, Lower Colorado River Authority, and Colorado County, Texas

Austin, Texas – Environmental Litigation lawyer represented Appellants with appealing from an injunction to operate a waste-processing facility.




Polston is the president of Inland Environmental and Remediation, Inland
Recycling, and Boundary Ventures. Appellants own and/or operate a waste-processing facility
tha... More...   $0 (09-22-2022 - TX)

United States of America v. James J. Peperno

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, federal program bribery, honest services wire fraud, Travel Act, false statement, and perjury offenses.

James J. Peperno, Jr., age 57, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania was convicted of soliciting cash payments and debt forgiveness from a local business owner, to provide to Robert Semenza, Jr., the former Presi... More...   $0 (09-09-2022 - PA)

Gennadiy Nekrilov, et al. v. City of Jersey City

Newark, New Jersey civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendant under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging a Jersey City ordinancecurtailing the ability of property owners and lease holders to operate short-term rentals. The plaintiffs alleged that, having passed an earlier zoning ordinance legalizing short-term rentals in Jersey City (the “City”), which enticed them to invest in p... More...   $0 (08-21-2022 - NJ)

Edward Rood v. Town of Ft. Myers Beach Florida

Fort Meyers, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.


This is an unusual Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) case. It is odd because despite a long, complicated history between the parties on these facts, it had nothing to do with Title II of the ADA. That is until Rood lost at a zoning he... More...   $0 (08-18-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Laura Jordan, a/k/a Laura Maczka and Mark Jordan

Sherman, Texas criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to defraud the United States and willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of materially false tax returns.

The former mayor of Richardson, Texas, and a land developer whom she married after the federal investigation began, have been sentenced for their p... More...   $0 (08-04-2022 - TX)

JARED B. CHAMBERLAIN, Special Administrator of the Estate of Isaac Harrell nvs. OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES

Cincinnati, Ohio - Medicaid lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellant with challenging the denial for retroactive Medicaid benefits.



In 2017, Harrell was a resident of Indianspring, a nursing facility in
Cincinnati, Ohio. With his health in decline, Harrell appointed Indianspring as his <... More...   $0 (08-03-2022 - OH)

Mary B. Valencia, et al. v. City of Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois civil litigation lawyer represented defendant accused of attempting to close a group home for people with developmental disabilities in 2016.

In 2014, three residents with intellectual and physical disabilities moved into a single- family home on Noble Avenue in Springfield, Illinois, where they received community residential services from a state-licensed provider,... More...   $293000 (07-27-2022 - IL)

Ari Gold v. City of Parkersburg, Bobby McClung, Richard Goff, Jason Matthews, and Shane Semones

Charleston, West Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on 1983 civil rights violation theories.

Plaintiff claimed that Parkersburg officials improperly entered and searched his downtown Parkersburg property in 2021.

The Court dismissed the Plaintiff's claim against the City but allowed Plaintiff's claims to go the jury against Parkersburg Ma... More...   $0 (07-13-2022 - WV)

YANKTON COUNTY v. MCALLISTER

Pierre, South Dakota - Civil Litigation lawyer represented defendant with alleging the complaint against them was frivolous.

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Luke McAllister owned and operated MTD d/b/a Fire & Ice.1 Luke’s
brother, Cam McAllister, is a co-owner of MTD. In October 2017, Cam emailed
Garrity rega... More...   $0 (07-04-2022 - MT)

Gardner v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Medicaid lawyer represented defendant with a long-term Medicaid appeal.



On March 19, 2019, plaintiff-appellant Diana Gardner entered the
Burlington House Rehab and Alzheimer’s Center. At the time of her admission,
Gardner owned real property in West Virginia, ... More...   $0 (07-02-2022 - OH)

MARIO CASTILLO-SANG, M.D. vs. THE CHRIST HOSPITAL CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOCIATES, LLC,

Cincinnati, Ohio - Employment Litigation lawyer represented Defendant-Appellant with appealing the trial court’s judgment in an employment contract dispute.



{¶2} Castillo-Sang was hired by TCHCVA in May 2015 as a cardiothoracic
surgeon. In addition to performing other open-heart and... More...   $0 (07-02-2022 - OH)

WILSON BANK & TRUST ET AL. v. CONSOLIDATED UTILITY DISTRICT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY ET AL

Nashville, TN - Real Estate lawyer represented appellants with seeking reformation and/or rescission of the 2011 deed conveying.



This appeal stems from a dispute over a plot of land in Rutherford County,
Tennessee. Defendant Mid-Cumberland acquired a tract of land (the “Development... More...   $0 (06-26-2022 - TN)

Tina Franco and Roddy A. Vanacor v. Linda A. Ferrill and Charles A. Ferrill

Jackson, MS - Real Estate lawyer represented APPELLANTS with an appeal from the judgment of adverse possession of waterfront property.



¶2. Between 1994 and 2006, the Ferrills purchased eleven lots alongKiln-Waveland Road
in the Shoreline Park Subdivision in the city of Waveland, Mississippi.1 ... More...   $0 (06-23-2022 - MS)

Airtech, Inc. v. Raymond F. Justinic

Florence, Kentucky employment law attorney represented Plaintiff, who sued his employer for wrongful termination for being fired for refusing to fly into potentially bad weather.

Raymond Justinic, was regularly assigned to pilot corporate aircraft for the Crestview Hills-based company, Columbia Sussex, was asked to fly an insurance adjuster to the Caribbean in September 2017.

Pla... More...   $1900000 (12-10-2021 - KY)

WILLIAM STRASER v. CITY OF ATHENS, TENNESSEE; CHRIS TREW; GENE MCCONKEY

Cincinnati, Ohio - Constitutional Rights lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellant with claiming the city violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights when it enforced a zoning ordinance against him based on his Christian beliefs.



William Straser alleges that the City of Athens, Tennessee
violated the Fourteenth Amendment ... More...   $0 (12-07-2021 - OH)

Baby Dolls Topless v. City of Dallas Texas

New Orleans, LA - First Amendment rights lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellant with arguing whether the City of Dallas violated certain establishments’ First Amendment rights claim.



In 1986, after studying other cities’ efforts in regulating
SOBs, the City enacted Chapter 41A of the Dallas City Code “to
pro... More...   $0 (10-23-2021 - LA)

ERIC S. CLARK v. CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, KANSAS

Denver, CO - Constitutional Rights lawyer represented defendant with a violation o his his First Amendment rights, and his Fourth Amendment right claim.



Clark lives in a house located in a sparsely populated area within the northern
limits of the City. The front of the house faces the east. A gravel driveway runs More...   $0 (10-06-2021 - CO)

RANDY ALBRIGHT v. LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC

Birmingham, AL - employment Discrimination lawyer represented Plaintiff with contending Lowe’s failed to promote him because of his age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) claim.



Under Rule 56(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, summary judgment is proper “if
the movant s... More...   $0 (09-02-2021 - AL)

THE CITY OF FORT WORTH AND DAVID COOKE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS FORT WORTH CITY MANAGER v. STEPHANNIE LYNN RYLIE, TEXAS C&D AMUSEMENTS, INC., AND BRIAN AND LISA SCOTT D/B/A TSCA AND D/B/A RIVER BOTTOM PUB

Austin, Texas - City Ordinances lawyer represented RESPONDENTS with the statute that regulates “coin-operated machines” preempts city ordinances that regulate “eight-liners” and the “game rooms” that offer them.



For as long as the State of Texas has been the State of Texas, its citizens have elected to
... More...   $0 (08-25-2021 - TX)

Cayuga Nation, et al. v. Howard Tanner, et al

New York, NY - Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) lawyer represented defendant with a Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”) claim.



This case marks the latest installment of a decades-long dispute between
the Cayuga Nation (the “Nation”), a federally recognized Indian tribe, and the
Village of Unio... More...   $0 (08-23-2021 - NY)

AQUINNAH/GAY HEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.; TOWN OF AQUINNAH v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD (AQUINNAH); THE AQUINNAH WAMPANOAG GAMING CORPORATION; THE WAMPANOAG TRIBAL COUNCIL OF GAY HEAD, INC.

Boston, MA - Indian Gaming lawyer represented defendant with seeking to halt the
development of a gaming facility claim.



We laid out much of the background to the present dispute
more fully in Wampanoag I, but we recap the pertinent parts here
and supplement them as necessary.
A. Setting the Stage: the ... More...   $0 (08-17-2021 - MA)

CHRISTOPHER K. WHIPPLE Vs. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PERMITS

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Whipple with alleged violations of certain shortterm rental (“STR”) ordinances charge.



In July 2016, Mr. Whipple purchased residential property located at
1117 Monroe Street in New Orleans, Louisiana (the “Property”). About one year
later, in J... More...   $0 (06-28-2021 - LA)

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