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  • Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
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    Case Number: No. 09-17490

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL

  • Automated Business Companies, Inc. v. NEC America, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-28
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    Date Filed: 2000-01-28
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    Judge: MICHEL, PLAGER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Fink, Timothy W. Johnson
    for defendant: Kathi A. Cover, Dale B. Nixon
    Case Number: No. 99-1316

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.PLAGER, Circuit Judge. Automated Business Companies, Inc. ("ABC") sued NEC America, Inc. ("NEC Amer

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