• Jacobson Family Investments, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, 601325/10

    Publication Date: 2012-12-13
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    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Saxe, DeGrasse, Richter, Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellants-respondents: Adam S. Ziffer, Marc E. Kasowitz and Robin L. Cohen of counsel, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., respondent-appellant: Robert Novack and Charles W. Stotter of Counsel, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., New York. For Continental Casualty Company, respondent-appellant: Joseph P. McNulty and Douglas Eisenstein of counsel, Carroll McNulty & Kull, LLC, New York. For Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland and Great American Insurance Company, respondents-appellants: Geraldine A. Cheverko of counsel, and F. Joseph Nealon of the bar of the State of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, admitted pro hac vice, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC, White Plains.

    Case Number: 601325/10

    Cite as: Jacobson Family Investments, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, 601325/10, NYLJ 1202581237065, at *1 (App. Div., 1st, Decided December 11, 2012)p

  • GTE New Media Services Inc. v. BellSouth Corp.

    Publication Date: 2000-01-11
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    Date Filed: 2000-01-11
    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circ
    Judge: Edwards, Chief Judge, Sentelle and Randolph
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Rothfeld
    for defendant: Thomas A. Isaacson

    Case Number: No. 99-7097

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.Opinion: Edwards, Chief Judge: The matter at hand involves an interlocutory appeal brought pursuant

  • Ralph S. Janvey v. James R. Alguire, Victoria Anctil, Tiffany Angelle, Sylvia Aquino

    Publication Date: 2010-12-21
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-15
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Edward C. Prado, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 10-10617

    United States Court of Appeals Fifth CircuitFILEDLyle W. Cayce ClerkBefore STEWART, PRADO, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.The Securities Exchange Commission ("SEC") brought suit against Stanfor

  • United States v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-02
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2552

    ARGUED MAY 9, 2008Before FLAUM, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Appellant Prince Solomon Knox entered the United States as part of a refugee resettlement program. He was later indicted and con

  • September 13, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Hoesten, plaintiff-respondent-appellant v. Best, defendant-appellant-respondent

    Decided Sept. 7, 2006Before Andrias, J.P.; Sullivan, Williams, Gonzalez, and Catterson, JJCross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), ent

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  • United States v. Stitt

    Publication Date: 2008-12-31
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-24
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Williams, Chief Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Stitt: Gerald Zerkin, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Va.
    for defendant: Attorney for United States: Richard Cooke, U.S. Attorney's Office, Richmond, Va.

    Case Number: Nos. 07-11 & 07-12

    PUBLISHEDArgued: September 24, 2008Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.Affirmed in part; reversed and remanded in part with instructions by published opinion. Chi

  • Kerry Shea v. Washington Metropolitan Area

    Publication Date: 2012-09-19
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Thompson, Associate Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 11-CV-0567

    (Argued March 22, 2012Before FISHER and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.On December 10, 2009, Kerry Shea Price filed a pro se complaint against the Washington Metropo

  • September 22, 2006 |

    Tort Reform in the Courts: A Defense Attorney Challenges Outdated Legal Precedents

    In 1789 and afterwards, when colonies became states, most state legislatures passed "reception statutes." These often-forgotten parts of state law history "received" the common law of England as of

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  • Johnson v. Cenac Towing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-09-26
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-24
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Edith H. Jones, Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 07-30113

    Before JONES, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.Leroy Johnson ("Johnson") sustained injuries while working as a seaman for Cenac Towing, Inc. ("Cenac"). He sued Cenac in federal c

  • January 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Collision Course: The SEC and Judge Rakoff

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to seek a writ of mandamus against a target="new" href="http://www

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