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Beckwith, Associate Judge: The appellant, George Papageorge, had a contract with his acquaintance, Matt Banks, that entitled Mr. Papageorge to most of the proceeds of a wrongful eviction claim Mr. Banks was pursuing. When that claim' was settled, Mr. Papageorge informed Mr. Banks’s lawyers, appellees Jonathan Zucker and Patricia Daus, of his purported right to the proceeds, and th

Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound volumes go to press. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS No. 16-CV-226 GEORGE C. PAPAGEORGE, APPELLANT, V. JONATHAN ZUCKER & PATRICIA DAUS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARIELLA CREAGHAN, Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 22-0981 (CKK) LLOYD AUSTIN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION (May 12

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARIELLA CREAGHAN, Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 21-0981 (CKK) LLOYD AUSTIN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Defense, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION (May 12

*355JON P. WILCOX, J. ¶ 51. (dissenting). The majority opinion reinterprets Wis. Stat. § 961.45 (1995-96), which this court first interpreted five years ago in a unanimous decision. Majority op. at ¶¶ 15-42; State v. Petty, 201 Wis. 2d 337, 354-62, 548 N.W.2d 817 (1996). In so doing, the majority repudiates our recent Petty decision, but ducks the h

KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge, with whom Circuit Judges BROWN and GRIFFITH join, concurring: Pursuant to congressional authorization, Presidents throughout U.S. history have employed military commissions to try enemy war criminals for conspiracy to commit war crimes. That history includes the two most significant U.S. military commission trials: the 1865 military commission trial of the Confederate conspirators

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, with whom RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, joins, dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc: The present Simmons opinion denies standing to railroad labor to challenge the exempt acquisition of a rail line under the Interstate Commerce Act (the “ICA”). This is a decision of exceptional importance since it is the first known instance in a very long history of employee participation wh

Acting Attorneys General From 1870 until 1953, the Solicitor General served as Acting Attorney General in the event that the office o f Attorney General was vacant or the Attorney General was absent or disabled. This plan o f succession was modified by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1953 and by the codification in 1977 at 28 U.S.C. § 508 providing for the following statutory succession: Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and in such o

PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (Committee) has submitted proposed changes to the standard jury instructions and asks that the Court authorize the amended standard instructions for publication and use. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The Committee proposes amen

211 Wis.2d 764 (1997) 565 N.W.2d 291 CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, STATE of Wisconsin, Intervenor, v. Brahim ARRIEH, Defendant-Respondent.[†] No. 96-0482. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin. Submitted on briefs April 8, 1997. Decided May 20, 1997. *765 On behalf of the plai

Ireland, J. (dissenting). I write separately for five reasons. First, I believe that an appellate court must use a neutral, principled approach to decide every case before it. Second, the court articulated such a neutral, principled approach in Goodridge v. Department of Pub. Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003) (Goodridge), holding that the liberty and equality provisions of the Constitution of Massachusetts prohibit th

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I concur in the court’s conclusion that the legal expenses incurred by the taxpayers in defending title to their bank stock were not deductible. I also concur in the conclusion that the taxpayers are entitled to a deduction for all legal expenses allocable to the recovery of dividends and interest. Inso

DECISION Before this Court is the application of Roberto Brito-Batista ("Brito-Batista" or "petitioner") for post-conviction relief. Brito-Batista contends that he was denied his right to effective assistance of counsel prior to entering a plea of nolo contendere to one count of simple possession of cocaine. This plea, entered in 1997, now carries the potential of deportation for Brito-Batista. The Court is mindful that

911 So.2d 766 (2005) In re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (NO. 2004-1). No. SC04-2481. Supreme Court of Florida. September 1, 2005. Honorable Dedee S. Costello, Chair, Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, Fourteen Judicial Circuit, Panama City, FL, for petitioner. PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Stan

PER CURIAM. The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases petitions this Court to amend the Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const. The committee published its proposed amendments for comment in The *882Florida Bar News, and a number of comments were re

Appointment of a Federal Judge to the United Nations Delegation If this were a matter of first impression, appointing a federal judge to be a representative of the United States to the General Assembly of the United Nations would be inconsistent with the constitutional doctrines of separation of powers and independence of the judiciary. However, because of the longstanding practice of appointing federal judges to temporary office in the

760 P.2d 670 (1988) STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darryl Andrew FOX, Defendant-Appellant. No. 12245. Supreme Court of Hawaii. September 1, 1988. *671 Daniel Pagliarini (Susan Barr, on the brief), Deputy Public Defenders, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant. Dale Yamada Ross, Deputy Pros. Atty., Captain Cook, for pl

195 F.Supp.2d 243 (2001) UNITED STATES of America v. Stephen FLEMMI No. CR 94-10287-MLW. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. August 30, 2001. Kenneth J. Fishman, Fishman, Ankner & Horstman, LLP, Boston, MA, Kimberly Homan, Boston, MA, for Stephen J. Flemmi. Martin G. Weinberg, Oteri, Weinberg & Lawson, Boston, MA, for John V. Martorano.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-1751 WAUKEGAN POTAWATOMI CASINO, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for th

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 24-1751 WAUKEGAN POTAWATOMI CASINO, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF WAUKEGAN, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for th