• February 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    Florida Sheriff's Office on Trial Again Over Fatal Shooting

    The parents of Seth Adams are sure Sgt. Michael Custer is lying about why he fatally shot their unarmed son in the parking lot of the family's nursery business nearly five years ago, even

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  • State of Washington v. Trump

    Publication Date: 2017-02-10
    Practice Area: Government | Constitutional Law | Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-02-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding Before: William C. Canby, Richard R. Clifton, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah G. Purcell (argued), Solicitor General; Marsha Chien and Patricio A. Marquez, Assistant Attorneys General; Colleen M. Melody, Civil Rights Unit Chief; Anne E. Egeler, Deputy Solicitor General; Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Washington.
    for defendant: August E. Flentje (argued), Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General; Douglas N. Letter, Sharon Swingle, H. Thomas Byron, Lowell V. Sturgill Jr., and Catherine Dorsey, Attorneys, Appellate Staff; Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General; Noel J. Francisco, Acting Solicitor General; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 17-35105

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1258 STATE OF WASHINGTON; STATE OF MINNESOTA, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

  • People v. Price

    Publication Date: 2017-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-02-09
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David H. Rose, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Alan Siraco, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. A140775

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 1278 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KIARRA MARIE PRICE, Def

  • February 8, 2017 |

    Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Burns & Scalo Roofing Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis  Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. of Hartfordv.Burns & Scalo Roofing Co. KeyCite Blue Flag – Appeal…

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  • KARA NICOLE WATSON, res, v. OTHNIEL EVANS MARAGH, ap

    Publication Date: 2017-02-03
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    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION: SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Rivera, J.P.; Roman, Duffy and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number:

    MATTER OF KARA NICOLE WATSON, res, v. OTHNIEL EVANS MARAGH, ap — (DOCKET NO. F-10195-14)Othniel Evans Maragh, Mt. Vernon, NY, appellant pro se.Steven Ranellone, White Plains, N

  • Davies v. Davies, 16 CV 6542

    Publication Date: 2017-02-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Vincent Briccetti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16 CV 6542

    Cite as: Davies v. D 16 CV 6542, NYLJ 1202778035002, at *1 (SDNY, Decided January 25, 2017) CASENAME Christopher E. D Petitioner v. Sally K. D

  • January 31, 2017 |

    Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Tucker

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Farmers Mut. Ins. Co.v.TuckerKeyCite Yellow Flag - Negative TreatmentDisagreed With by GEICO Casualty…

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  • Westbrook v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area:
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Peterson,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Britt and Jeremy McKenzie Karsman, McKenzie Hart, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Russell Rogers Thompson Hine LLP, Atlanta, and Ryburn Ratterree Ellis, Painter, Ratterree Adams, Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A2072

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to gas company in plaintiffs' negligence suit over a residential natural gas explosion that physically injured them, because plaintiffs failed to pr

  • January 23, 2017 | National Law Journal

    Lessons for Lawyers From Martin Luther King Jr.

    America has just celebrated the 88th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I suspect that centuries in the future, when everyone reading this article is long gone, historians — and p

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  • Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited v. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2017-01-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Sack, Chin, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees the States of New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Washington, and the Province of Manitoba: Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General; Judith N. Vale, Assistant Solicitor General; Lemuel Srolovic, Bureau Chief; Philip Bein, Watershed Inspector General; Meredith Lee-Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Protection Bureau, on the brief, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, for Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York, NY. For Plaintiffs-Appellees Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc., Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc., Catskill- Delaware Natural Water Alliance, Inc., Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Ulster County, Inc., Riverkeeper, Inc., Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., Trout Unlimited, Inc., National Wildlife Federation, Environment America, Environment New Hampshire, Environment Rhode Island, and Environment Florida: on the brief Daniel E. Estrin, Karl S. Coplan, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc., White Plains, NY. For Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Friends of the Everglades, Florida Wildlife Federation, and Sierra Club: on the brief, Yinet Pino, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Miami, Florida; David G. Guest, Earthjustice, Tallahassee, Florida.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants United States Environmental Protection Agency and Gina McCarthy: Benjamin H. Torrance, on the briefs, Robert William Yalen, for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. For Intervenor Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees Central Arizona Water Conservation District, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, City and County of Denver, by and through its Board of Water Commissioners, City and County of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, City of Boulder [Colorado], City of Aurora [Colorado], El Dorado Irrigation District, Idaho Water Users Association, Imperial Irrigation District, Kane County [Utah] Water Conservancy District, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, National Water Resources Association, Salt Lake & Sandy [Utah] Metropolitan Water District, Salt River Project, San Diego County Water Authority, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, The City of Colorado Springs, Acting by and through its Enterprise Colorado Springs Utilities, Washington County [Utah] Water District, Western Urban Water Coalition, and [California] State Water Contractors.1: Don Baur & Paul Smyth, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, on the brief, Peter D. Nichols, Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP, Boulder, Colorado. For Intervenor Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee City of New York: Larry Sonnenshein & Hilary Meltzer, on the briefs, Julie Steiner, for Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY. For Intervenor Defendant- Appellant-Cross-Appellant South Florida Water Management District: James Edward Nutt, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida. For Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees States of Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming: on the briefs Annette M. Quill, Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado, Denver, Colorado. For Amici Curiae-American Farm Bureau Federation and Florida Farm Bureau Federation: on the brief Ellen B. Steen, Danielle Hallcom Quist, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, District of Columbia; Staci Braswell, Florida Farm Bureau Federation, Gainesville, Florida; Timothy S. Bishop, Michael B. Kimberly, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, District of Columbia. For Amici Curiae-Leon G. Billings, Tom Jorling, Jeffrey G. Miller, Robert W. Adler, William Andreen, Harrison C. Dunning, Mark Squillace, and Sandra B. Zellmer: on the brief, Laura Murphy & Patrick Parenteau, Environmental & Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont. For Amicus Curiae- State of California by and through the California Department of Water Resources: on the brief, Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General; Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gavin G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; William Jenkins, Deputy Attorney General; State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California. For Amici Curiae-National Hydropower Association, Northwest Hydroelectric Association, American Public Power Association, Sabine River Authority of Texas, Sabine River Authority State of Louisiana, and Oglethorpe Power Corporation: on the brief, Michael A. Swiger, Charles R. Sensiba, Sharon L. White, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.

    Case Number: 14-1823

    Cite as: Catskill Mountains v. EPA, 14-1823, NYLJ 1202777100816, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided January 18, 2017)CASE NAMECatskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited,