Civil Litigation

Cases & Results: Tag Archive - "Civil Litigation"

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Supreme Court of Ohio

This precedent-setting mandamus case was a major victory for press freedom and public access to government records.  Emmett represented Scioto Valley Guardian editor-in-chief Derek Meyers, who asked the Ohio Supreme Court to compel the City of Chillicothe, Ohio and its…

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Emmett’s client, Architectural Busstrut Corporation, is a premier supplier of commercial lighting systems.  Busstrut had a contract with Target to supply its system for installation in hundreds of Target stores nationwide.  Target jilted Busstrut for another supplier, and Busstrut filed…

Supreme Court of Ohio

Emmett was retained to present oral argument in this Ohio Supreme Court appeal on behalf of the plaintiff, who sought to hold caseworkers from the Hamilton County, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services accountable after her granddaughter was murdered. …

Ohio Trial Court

Emmett’s client, the plaintiff in this matter, filed suit seeking to collect on promissory notes issued by defendant Guardian Manufacturing Company LLC, a manufacturer of protective gloves.  Originally filed by other counsel in July 2019, the case languished for nine…

Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals

Emmett obtained complete reversal of a jury verdict and trial-court judgment ordering his trust-beneficiary client—who also served as trustee of the at-issue family trust—to pay a large, six-figure sum in actual and punitive damages to another trust beneficiary.  Following briefing…

Western District of Louisiana; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

After R.J. Reynolds terminated its direct-distributor relationship with Plaintiff Caldwell Wholesale, Caldwell sued, alleging tortious interference with business and violations of the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices Act. Emmett authored R.J. Reynolds’s motion to dismiss and reply in support of the…