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  • February 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Business Rulings Favor Uniform Federal Regime

    WASHINGTON - In three key business rulings handed down yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court continued its trend toward freeing companies from the conflicting regulation of 50 different states in

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  • Krottner v. Starbucks Corporation

    Publication Date: 2010-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Sidney R. Thomas and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Mark A. Griffin, and Gretchen Freeman Cappio, Keller Rohrback L.L.P., Seattle, Washington; Mila F. Bartos, Karen J. Marcus, and Eugene J. Benick, Finkelstein Thompson LLP, Washington, DC; and Ben Barnow, Barnow and Associates, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: Gavin W. Skok and Karl J. Quackenbush, Riddell Williams, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellee.
    Case Number: No. 09-35823 No. 09-35824

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 15434LAURA KROTTNER; ISHAYA SHAMASA, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, p class="casen

  • Rasenack v. AIG Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-11-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-11-02
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Seymour, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-1521

    PUBLISHBefore BRISCOE, SEYMOUR and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges.This action arises under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. Hans-Gerd Rasenack seeks a

  • May 3, 2001 | Law.com

    'Festo v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki' Petition for Writ of Certiorari

    In the Supreme Court of the United StatesOCTOBER TERM, 2000FESTO CORPO ,Petitioner,SHOKETSU KINZOKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI CO., LTD., A/K/ASMC CORPO

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  • Holman v. Altana Pharma US, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-06
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    Date Filed: 2010-06-30
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Lawrence A. Organ, Lawrence A. Organ, Meghan A. Corman, Lilly E. Shilton, William Fernholz; Nancy Balles, Nancy J. Balles and Marjorie A. Wallace for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Seyfarth Shaw, Patricia H. Cullison and Cassandra H. Carroll for Defendant and Respondent.
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    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 8523CHRISTINE HOLMAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ALTANA PHARMA US, INC., Defendant

  • In re Padgett

    Publication Date: 2009-07-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-20
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Michael, Bankruptcy Judge.
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    Case Number: KS-08-069

    PUBLISHOPINIONBefore MICHAEL, BROWN, and STARZYNSKI*fn1, Bankruptcy Judges.Creditor AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. ("AmeriCredit") appeals the bankrupt

  • People v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2010-05-24
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    Date Filed: 2010-05-24
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irene Kiebert, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    for defendant: Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Holly D. Wilkens and Melissa Mandel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    Case Number: S056891

    ppCite as 10 C.D.O.S. 6313THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v.JAMES ALVIN THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant.

  • Perry v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2012-02-07
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Vaughn R. Walker, Chief District Judge, Presiding (No. 10-16696) James Ware, Chief District Judge, Presiding (No. 11-16577) Before: REINHARDT, HAWKINS, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: No. 10-16696, No. 11-16577

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 1550 KRISTIN M. PERRY; SANDRA B. STIER; PAUL T. KATAMI; JEFFREY J. ZARRILLO, Plaintiffs - Appellees, CITY AND

  • Chapman v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.) Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Barry G. Silverman, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Milan D. Smith, Jr. and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Hubbard III (argued) and Scottlynn J. Hubbard IV (argued) of the Law Offices of Lynn Hubbard (Chico, California) for the appellee. Thomas E. Perez, Samuel Bagenstos (argued), Jessica Dunsay Silver, and Marie K. McElderry of the United States Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.) for amicus the United States.
    for defendant: Laura M. Franze (argued) and Richard Cortez, Jr., Hunton & Williams LLP, Dallas, Texas, and Roland M. Juarez, Hunton & Williams LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the appellant.
    Case Number: No. 07-16326

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 319BYRON CHAPMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.) INC., dba PIER 1 IMPORTS #11

  • Valle Del Sol Incorporated v. Whiting

    Publication Date: 2013-10-08
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    Date Filed: 2013-10-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Richard A. Paez, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Omar C. Jadwat (argued) and Dror Ladin, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, New York; Thomas A. Saenz, Victor Viramontes and Nicholás Espiritu, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, California; Linton Joaquin, Karen C. Tumlin, Nora A. Preciado, Melissa S. Keaney and Alvaro M. Huerta, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California; Nina Perales, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, Texas; Cecillia D. Wang, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, California; Chris Newman and Jessica Karp, National Day Labor Organizing Network, Los Angeles, California; Justin Cox, American Civil Liberties Union, Atlanta, Georgia; Laboni Hoq, Maya Roy and Carmina Ocampo, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Los Angeles, California; Daniel J. Pochoda, James Duff Lyall and Kelly Joyce Flood, ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; Marita Etcubañez and Jessica Chia, Asian American Justice Center, Washington, D.C.; Stephen P. Berzon and Jonathan Weissglass, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Aaron Leiderman, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; Daniel R. Ortega, Ortega Law Firm, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Bradley S. Phillips, Joseph J. Ybarra, Benjamin J. Maro, Lika C. Miyake and Margaret G. Ziegler, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Kelly A. Kszywienski (argued), John J. Bouma and Robert A. Henry, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P, Phoenix, Arizona; Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr., Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer, Phoenix, Arizona; Thomas C. Horne, Michael Tryon and Evan Hiller, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, for Intervenor-Defendants–Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 12-17152

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 11149 VALLE DEL SOL INCORPORATED; COALICION DE DERECHOS HUMANOS; UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION; BORDER AC