• Lacey v. Maricopa County

    Publication Date: 2012-08-29
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-29
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, William A. Fletcher, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard C. Tallman, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Jay S. Bybee, Carlos T. Bea, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. White, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Michael J. Meehan (argued), Law Office of Michael Meehan, Tucson, Arizona, for the appellants.
    for defendant: Eileen Dennis Gilbride (argued), Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for appellees Joseph Arpaio and Ava Arpaio. Timothy J. Casey (argued), Schmitt, Schneck, Smyth & Herrod, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for appellees Andrew Thomas, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, and Maricopa County. Laura A. Freeman, Zwillinger Greek Zwillinger & Knecht PC, Phoenix, Arizona; Timothy J. Casey, Schmitt, Schneck, Smyth & Herrod, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for appellees-cross-appellants Dennis Wilenchik and Becky Bartness.

    Case Number: No. 09-15703 No. 09-15806

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9909 MICHAEL LACEY; JIM LARKIN; PHOENIX NEW TIMES, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAR

  • Pearson v. Component Technology Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-04-17
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    Date Filed: 2001-04-13
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Becker, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 00-3056

    Argued: October 24, 2000OPINION OF THE COURTThe Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the WARN Act), 29 U.S.C. S 2101 et seq., mandates that employers provide workers with 6

  • Brown v. Philip Morris, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-05-18
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-17
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Roth, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 99-1931

    Argued January 19, 2001OPINION OF THE COURTMentholated tobacco products apparently pose greater health risks than non-mentholated ones. Plaintif fs, a group of African-Americans, brought a civil

  • United States v. Pursley

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-21
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Holmes, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 06-1107

    Before MURPHY, BALDOCK, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.Defendant Carl William Pursley, Jr., was charged, along with three co-defendants, (1) with conspiring to retaliate against a witness in violation

  • Dexia Crédit Local v. Rogan

    Publication Date: 2010-11-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-24
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Springmann, District Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-2986

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 22, 2010Before KANNE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and SPRINGMANN, District Judge.*fn1After obtaining a $124 million judgment against Peter Roga

  • Novell, Inc. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2000-05-17
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    Date Filed: 2000-05-08
    Court: Ct. Fed. Claims
    Judge: Judge Christine Odell Cook MILLER
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Nadler
    for defendant: Wanda Rubianes-Collazo and Thomas P. Humphrey

    Case Number: No. 00-66C

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.OPINIONMILLER, Judge.This case is before the court after argument on defendant's motion to d

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Carnes, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-14633

    PUBLISHBefore CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and WALTER,*fn1 District Judge.Kafka advised a friend that "we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.

  • Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corporation
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew. F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, California; Steve W. Berman, Babara Mahoney, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, Washington; Reed R. Kathrein, Hagans Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, California; Gary E. Mason, Khushi Desai, The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska; Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, Texas; Christopher A. Seeger, Stephen A. Weiss, James A. O'Brien, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, New York; Stephen D. Susman, H. Lee Godfrey, Eric J. Mayer, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, Texas; Terrell W. Oxford, Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, Texas; Marc M. Seltzer, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Drew D. Hansen, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 09-17490

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10915NATIVE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA; CITY OF KIVALINA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,v.EXXONMOBIL

  • Brinker Restaurant Corporation v. Superior Court (Hohnbaum)

    Publication Date: 2012-04-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Rex S. Heinke, Johanna R. Shargel; Morrison & Foerster, Karen J. Kubin; Hunton & Williams, Laura M. Franze, M. Brett Burns and Susan J. Sandidge for Petitioners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Fred W. Alvarez and Michael D. Schlemmer for TechNet as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Yi-Chin Ho, Michael M. Berger, Benjamin G. Shatz and Andrew L. Satenberg for Chinese Daily News, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. William B. Sailer; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Katherine C. Huibonhoa and Rishi Sharma for California Employment Law Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Julian W. Poon, Kirsten R. Galler, David S. Han, Blaine H. Evanson; National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Robin S. Conrad and Shane Brennan Kawka for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and California Chamber of Commerce as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Law Office of Robin L. Unander and Robin L. Unander for California Automotive Business Coalition as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Lawrence Foust; Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt and Christine T. Hoeffner for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Littler Mendelson, Julie A. Dunne, Lena K. Sims, Matthew S. Dente, Richard R. Rahm and Allan G. King for the National Retail Federation, National Council of Chain Restaurants, Contain-A-Way, Inc., USA Waste of California, Inc., California Building Industry Association, California Professional Association of Specialty Contractors, Western Growers Association, American Staffing Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association and National Association of Manufacturers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for the American Trucking Associations, Inc., and the California Trucking Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Richard J. Simmons, Julie A. Dunne and Guylyn R. Cummins for Employers Group, California Retailers Association, California Hospital Association, California Restaurant Association, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, National Council of Chain Restaurants and National Retail Federation as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Fred J. Hiestand for The Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Robert R. Roginson for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Jackson Lewis, Robert M. Pattison, Joel P. Kelly, JoAnna L. Brooks and Timothy C. Travelstead for San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, San Diego Chapter, Sacramento Chapter, Southern California Chapter and Employment and Labor Law Committee of the Association of Corporate Counsel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Cox, Castle & Nicholson, John S. Miller, Jr., and Dwayne P. McKenzie for the Associated General Contractors of California, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, Lee Burdick and John Morris for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners. Greenberg Traurig, Gregory F. Hurley and Stacey Hertler for National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. S166350

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3976 BRINKER RESTAURANT CORPORATION et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Res

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Carnes, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06-14633

    PUBLISHBefore CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and WALTER,*fn1 District Judge.Kafka advised a friend that "we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.