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  • November 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Collateral Order Appeals

    It is with some trepidation that one ventures into a discussion of the collateral order doctrine, an arcane and complicated area of appellate law. As the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal

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  • Peart v. District of Columbia Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2009-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-04
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Steadman, Senior Judge
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    Case Number: 07-CV-1003

    Argued December 2, 2008Before WAGNER, NEBEKER and STEADMAN, Senior Judges.Ms. Pearline Peart ("Ms. Peart") brought a successful rent abatement action alleging Housing Code violations against her

  • September 6, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Intellectual Property Litigation

    Times have changed in patent law. That is clear from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's en banc opinion in In

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  • People v. Jamal Jones and Leslie Bain

    Publication Date: 2004-03-12
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    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx County
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    Supreme Court Criminal Term, Part T5 Justice Cirigliano This is defendants' combined Dunaway/Mapp and Gethers hearing. On June 13, 2002, detective Jose Rosario, an exp

  • September 24, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Litigating in Bankruptcy Court: Do You Know Where You Are?

    Bankruptcy court proceedings are often characterized by the extensive negotiations that occur among counsel for the bankruptcy constituents, particularly the debtor and its creditors. It is a

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  • Parson v. Keith

    Publication Date: 2009-02-13
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-05
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Robert H. Henry Chief Judge
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    Case Number: 08-6146

    ORDERBefore HENRY, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.Randy Dale Parson, proceeding pro se, seeks a certificate of appealability ("COA") to appeal the district court's dismissal

  • In re Cassim

    Publication Date: 2008-11-17
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-07
    Court: 6th Cir.
    Judge: Steven Rhodes, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-8080

    Argued: August 13, 2008Before: PARSONS, RHODES, and SHEA-STONUM, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.OPINIONShortly before obtaining confirmation of her chapter 13 plan, the debtor, Jennifer De

  • Mayfield v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice

    Publication Date: 2008-06-03
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-30
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Emilio M. Garza, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 06-50490

    Published opinionBefore GARWOOD, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.Darren L. Mayfield ("Mayfield"), Texas prisoner #571949, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of

  • In re Grand Jury

    Publication Date: 2002-04-08
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    Date Filed: 2002-04-05
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Fuentes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 01-4042

    PRECEDENTIALArgued on February 28, 2002OPINION OF THE COURTThis case requires us to resolve the conflict that arises when a grand jury subpoena seeks production of evidence ostensibly shielde

  • July 1, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Pay Disparity: 'Discrete,' 'Discreet' Discriminatory Acts

    In blocking the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the U.S. Senate left in place more than a narrow time limit for filing sex discrimination charges under Title VII. It also left the expandin

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