• February 17, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    Decided Jan. 22, 2004Before Calabresi, F.I. Parker and Sack, C.JJ. Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Gerard L. Goettel, Judg

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  • January 21, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    'Booker': A Sea Change in Federal Sentencing?

    On Jan. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the tenuous fate of the federal Sentencing Guidelines. In the first of two majority opinions in United States v. Booker,1 Justice

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  • July 8, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Grapples With `Honest Services` Fraud

    A CLIENT IN THE midst of a nasty contract dispute braces herself for litigation, and litigation she gets, but not exactly in the form she expected. Instead of a summons and complaint, the client is

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  • Standard Chartered Bank v. AWB (USA) Ltd., 05 Civ. 2013

    Publication Date: 2008-01-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-01-14
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Alvin Hellerstein
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    Case Number: 05 Civ. 2013

    District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Hellerstein The health and welfare of the United States economy d

  • United States v. Ali

    Publication Date: 2008-06-11
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-06
    Court: 4th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant-cross-appellee: Joshua Dratel, New York.
    for defendant: For appellee-cross-appellant: David Laufman, U.S. Attorney's Office, Alexandria, Va.

    Case Number: 06-4521

    PUBLISHEDArgued: June 21, 2007Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson, Judge Motz, and Judge

  • GFL Advantage Fund, Ltd. v. Colkitt

    Publication Date: 2001-11-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-11-16
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Greenberg, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-2428

    Argued October 9, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTThis matter comes on before this court on defendant Douglas R. Colkitt's appeal from the district court's order for summary judgment in favor of plainti

  • John G. Ryan Inc. v. Molson USA LLC

    Publication Date: 2005-11-15
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Garaufis Plaintiff, John G. Ryan, Inc. ("Ryan"), a New York beer distributor, is a party to a written distributi

  • United States v. Dowdell

    Publication Date: 2010-02-22
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-12
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Howard, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-1855

    Before Torruella, Selya and Howard, Circuit Judges.Following a three-day jury trial, Defendant Darryl Dowdell was convicted of distribution of cocaine base and sentenced as a career offender to 198

  • Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

    Publication Date: 2010-07-13
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Leval, Pooler and Hall, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: CARTER PHILLIPS, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC (R. Clark Wadlow, Jennifer Tatel, David S. Petron, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Ellen S. Agress, Maureen A. O'Connell, Fox Television Stations, Inc., New York, NY, on the brief), for petitioner Fox Television Stations, Inc. Robert Corn-Revere, Ronald G. London, Amber L. Husbands, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Jonathan H. Anschell, Susanna M. Lowy, CBS Broadcasting Inc., New York, NY, for petitioner CBS Broadcasting Inc. Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC; John W. Zucker, ABC, Inc., New York, NY, for petitioners ABC, Inc., WLS Television, Inc., and KTRK Television, Inc. Wade H. Hargrove, Mark J. Prak, David Kushner, Julia Ambrose, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC, for intervenor ABC Television Affiliates Association. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Parul P. Desai, Matthew Wood, Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for intervenors Center for Creative Voices and Future of Music Coalition. Michael R. Patrick, Renzulli Law Firm, White Plains, NY; Robert M. O'Neil, J. Joshua Wheeler, Eisha Jain, The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, for amici curiae The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression and The Media Institute. Nancy Winkelman, Timothy K. Lewis, Carl A. Solano, Mark Fowler, Jerald Fritz, Henry Geller, Newton N. Minow, James H. Quello, Glen O. Robinson, Kenneth G. Robinson, Jr., Schnader Harrrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for amici curiae former FCC Commissioners and Officials. Christopher Hansen, Benjamin Sahl, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, First Amendment Project, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, the National Coalition Against Censorship, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, PEN American Center, Screen Actors Guild, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Writers Guild of America, West, Writers Guild of America, East. Steven H. Aden, Patrick A. Trueman, Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, DC; Joel B. Campbell, Law Offices of Richard J. Yrulegui, Fresno, CA, for amici curiae Focus on the Family and Family Research Council. Robert W. Peters, Robin S. Whitehead, Morality in Media, Inc., New York, NY, for amicus curiae Morality in Media, Inc. Robert R. Sparks, Jr., Christopher T. Craig, Sparks & Craig, LLP, McLean, VA, for amicus curiae Parents Television Council. Thomas B. North, St. Ignace, MI, for amicus curiae Decency Enforcement Center for Television.
    for defendant: MIGUEL ESTRADA, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., (Susan Weiner, NBC Universal, Inc., on the brief) for intervenors NBC Universal Inc. and NBC Telemundo License Co. JACOB LEWIS, Associate General Counsel, for Austin C. Schlick, General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. (Joseph R. Palmore, Deputy General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC; Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Thomas M. Bondy, Anne Murphy, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, on the brief), for respondents.

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    Before: Leval, Pooler and Hall, C.JJ.Decided: July 13, 2010CARTER PHILLIPS, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC (R. Clark Wadlow

  • Hedges v. Obama, 12 Civ. 331

    Publication Date: 2012-05-18
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Katherine B. Forrest
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    Case Number: 12 Civ. 331

    Cite as: Hedges v. Obama, 12 Civ. 331, NYLJ 1202554341203, at *1 (SDNY, Decided May 16, 2012)District Judge Katherine B. ForrestDec