• Sharwline Nicholson v Nicholas Scoppetta

    Publication Date: 2004-10-26
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    Court: New York State Court of Appeals
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    Case Number: 113

    Decided on October 26, 2004 No. 113 [*1]Sharwline Nicholson, &c. et al., Respondents, v Nicholas Scoppetta, &c., et a

  • May 9, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    'Faragher' and 'Ellerth': Revisited 12 Years Later

    In 1998 the Supreme Court decided two cases on the same day that changed employment discrimination law and spurred a cottage industry: the redrafting of every employer's handbook then existin

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  • May 9, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    United States, appellee v. Todd M. Eberhard, defendant-appellant

    Decided May 5, 2008 Before Jacobs, Ch.J.; Calabresi and Sack, C.JJ. Appeal from a judgment of conviction and a restitution order entered in the United States District

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  • Dillon v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2010-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-04
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Fortunato P. Benavides, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-30419

    Published OpinionBefore BENAVIDES, DENNIS, ELROD, Circuit Judges.Appellant Keith Mark Dillon appeals from the dismissal on summary judgment of his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for abuse he a

  • Ray v. C.O. Kertes

    Publication Date: 2002-04-04
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-03
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Sloviter, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 99-3446

    PRECEDENTIALArgued September 20, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTFrederick Ray, a former inmate in the Pennsylvania state prison system, appeals from the order of the District Court dismissing sua sp

  • August 9, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    When a Lawyer Wants (Or Needs) Out

    The legendary Jimmy Breslin would often write anecdotes about "Klein, the Lawyer"1—a fast-on-his-feet, Damon Runyon-like criminal lawyer in Queens County. "Klein

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  • Kourouma v. Holder

    Publication Date: 2009-11-30
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    Date Filed: 2009-11-24
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Gregory, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-1864

    PUBLISHEDArgued: September 22, 2009Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.Petition for review granted and remand awarded by published opinion. Judge Gregory wrote

  • May 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Intellectual Property

    After her death, Emily Dickinson's sister found hundreds of poems in little volumes tied together with twine in her desk. And, upon publication in 1890, Ms. Dickinson became a foremost America

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  • In re United States

    Publication Date: 2001-11-28
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    Date Filed: 2001-11-21
    Court: 3rd Cir.
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    Case Number: 01-2562

    Argued November 2, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTThis case is before us on a petition by the United States for a writ of mandamus directing a District Judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to

  • Bannistor v. Ullman

    Publication Date: 2002-04-04
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-02
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Robert M. Parker, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 00-10748

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasAppellants appeal the judgment of the district court imposing fiduciary liability under the Employment Retirement Inco