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  • December 16, 2002 | Legal Times

    Remarks by Thomas Alter Argument

    The oral argument in Virginia v. Black, No. 01-1107, began Dec. 11 as First Amendment cases often do, with a discussion of whether singling out a type of expressive conduct -- cross bur

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  • May 16, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    States Seek Advice on How to Regulate Harassment Without Trammeling First Amendment Rights

    After three men were convicted of burning crosses to intimidate their neighbors, the Virginia Supreme Court threw out the state's cross-burning law for treading on free speech. Now, Virginia, backe

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  • February 16, 2012 | Daily Report Online

    Defense wins verdict in case of flaming robe

    An Atlanta lawyer won a big defense verdict last month when a New Hampshire jury turned aside plaintiffs' lawyers requests for up to $49 million for a woman permanently disfigured after being

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  • January 22, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Memeger Expected to Be Named Next U.S. Attorney

    The hunt for the next U.S. attorney in Philadelphia is over, multiple sources say, and the White House is expected to name Morgan Lewis & Bockius partner Zane D. Memeger after he clears the sta

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  • April 20, 2009 | The Associated Press

    Reverse discrimination case could transform hiring

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Inside a burning building, fire doesn't discriminate between Matthew Marcarelli and Gary Tinney. Inside the New Haven Fire Department, however, skin color has put the

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  • Walker v. United States

    Publication Date: 2009-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-22
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Thompson, Associate Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 99-CF-1614 & 99-CF-1650

    Argued March 26, 2009Before RUIZ, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.A jury found each of the appellants, Anthony Walker and Brian Boyd, guilty of multiple counts of assault with a

  • Doreus v. United States

    Publication Date: 2009-02-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-01-29
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Reid, Associate Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellant: Richard Stolker (appointed by the court), Rockville, Md.
    for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Mary Chris Dobbie, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 06-CF-247

    Argued February 27, 2008Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and REID and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.Opinion for the court by Associate Judge REID.Concurring opinion by Associate Judge GLICKMAN at

  • January 3, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Still Burning

    If Chris and Maxine McNair have a hard time closing the door on the past, anyone could understand.On a Sunday morning 36 years ago, their 11-year-old daughter and three other girls, all dres

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  • Parker v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-20
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Birch, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 05-16907

    [PUBLISH]Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, BIRCH and BLACK, Circuit Judges.Petitioner-appellant John Forrest Parker appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his petition for writ of habeas

  • United States v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2010-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-04
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Traxler, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 09-4282

    PUBLISHEDArgued: March 26, 2010Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and GREGORY and AGEE, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Traxler wrote the opinion, in which Judge Gregory a