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August 31, 2011 | National Law Journal

Commentary: In light of 'Wal-Mart,' D.C. Circuit should correct its approach to class actions

In recent years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has become a surprising outlier in allowing district courts to certify class actions without ensuring all of the requirements

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United States v. Hood

Publication Date: 2009-02-25
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Date Filed: 2009-02-20
Court: 4th Cir.
Judge: Niemeyer, Circuit Judge
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for appellants: Matthew Segal, Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Asheville, N.C.
for defendant: Attorney for appellee: Amy Ray, U.S. Attorney's Office, Asheville, N.C.
Case Number: Nos. 08-7019 & 08-7571

PUBLISHEDArgued: December 2, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Will

People v. Charles Watson, 7715/90

Publication Date: 2007-02-02
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Date Filed: 2007-01-02
Court: Supreme Court, New York County
Judge: Marcy Kahn
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Case Number: 7715/90

Justice Marcy L. Kahn NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court For the defendant: Mr. Charles Watson, Pro Se For the prosecution: Allen Frazer, Esq. Offic

Kenny A. v. Perdue

Publication Date: 2008-07-10
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Date Filed: 2008-07-03
Court: 11th Cir.
Judge: Carnes, Circuit Judge
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Case Number: Nos. 06-15514 & 06-15874

[PUBLISH]Before CARNES, WILSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.When asked how much money would be enough for him, John D. Rockefeller reportedly said: "Just a little bit more."a HREF="#D*fn1" NAME="S*

Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Jesperson

Publication Date: 2009-07-10
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Date Filed: 2009-07-08
Court: 8th Cir.
Judge: Loken, Chief Judge.
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Case Number: 07-3888

Submitted: October 17, 2008Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.Mark Allen Jesperson, a recently licensed Minnesota attorney, petitioned for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief in Oc

People v. Wilson

Publication Date: 2010-07-14
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Date Filed: 2010-07-13
Court: C.A. 5th
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, and Julie A. Hokans, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Allen G. Weinberg, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. F056965

Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9012THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v.ANTHONY WILSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles

Publication Date: 2012-08-13
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Date Filed: 2012-08-10
Court: C.A. 2nd
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Jack Londen, Sean Gates, Hailly T.N. Korman; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Mark D. Rosenbaum, David Sapp, Brooks M. Allen; Public Counsel Law Center, Catherine E. Lhamon, Maureen Carroll, Laura Faer and Hernan Vera, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
for defendant: Holguin, Garfield, Martinez & Quiñonez, Jesús E. Quiñonez; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Jeffrey B. Demain, Eileen B. Goldsmith, Danielle E. Leonard, and P. Casey Pitts, for Defendant and Appellant. California Department of Education, Amy Bisson Holloway and Edmundo Aguilar for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. David R. Holmquist, Alexander A. Molina, Marcos F. Hernandez, Aram Kouyoumdjian; Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Mary L. Dowell and Meredith G. Karasch, for Defendant and Respondent Los Angeles Unified School District. Kirkland & Ellis, Diana M. Torres and Elisa L. Miller, for Defendant and Respondent Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Horvitz & Levy, Robert H. Wright, Jeremy B. Rosen and Josephine K. Mason for Senator Bob Huff, Senator Gloria Romero (Ret.), Democrats for Education Reform, Communities for Teaching Excellence, Families in Schools, Lanai Road Education Action Committee, Reverend Eric P. Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference — Los Angeles, Rabbi Ron Stern, Members of the Public Education Advocacy Group of Stephen S. Wise Temple, Adam Kuppersmith, Karen Sykes-Orpe, Matthew J. Orique, and Lindi Williams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. Peter B. Morrison, George C. Fatheree III and Winston P. Hsiao for Certain Individual Members of United Teachers Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.
Case Number: No. B230817

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9196 SHARAIL REED et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES,

United States v. Gould

Publication Date: 2009-06-24
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Date Filed: 2009-06-18
Court: 4th Cir.
Judge: Niemeyer, Circuit Judge
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Case Number: 08-4302

PUBLISHEDArgued: January 28, 2009Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and Arthur L. ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,

United States of America v. Walter Lloyd Blair

Publication Date: 2011-09-25
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Date Filed: 2011-09-21
Court: 4th Cir.
Judge: Per curiam.
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Case Number: 10-4478

PUBLISHEDArgued: March 25, 2011Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and WYNN, Circuit Judges.Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published per curiam opinion as to

United States of America v. Don Eugene Siegelman, Richard Scrushy

Publication Date: 2011-05-11
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Date Filed: 2011-05-10
Court: 11th Cir.
Judge: Per curiam.
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Case Number: 07-13163

[PUBLISH]JOHN LEY CLERKMay 10, 2011ON REMAND FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURTBefore TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, and HILL, Circuit Judges.This case is before us on remand from the Supr