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  • July 8, 2011 | The Associated Press

    Texas executes Mexican despite White House plea

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block Texas from executing a Mexican citizen despite a White House-backed appeal that claimed the case could affect other foreigners arr

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  • People v. Mecano

    Publication Date: 2013-03-22
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-22
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Steven E. Mercer, Joseph P. Lee and J. Michael Lehmann, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Law Offices of William J. Kopeny and William J. Kopeny for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B233401

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3272THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.RUSSELL MECANO, Defendant and Appellan

  • Orona v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2011-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-24
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 2
    Judge: Sue Walker Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 2-09-00182-CR

    OPINIONI. INTRODUCTIONA jury found Appellant Alejandro Orona guilty of murder and assessed his punishment at life imprisonment. The trial court sentenced him accordingly. In eight points, Oro

  • Fair v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2012-02-07
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-03
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-30467

     United States Court of Appeals Fifth CircuitSummary CalendarLyle W. Cayce ClerkBefore REAVLEY, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.Iris Fair,

  • Anderson v. City of Hermosa Beach

    Publication Date: 2010-09-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-09
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Moest, Law Offices of Robert C. Moest, Santa Monica, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: John C. Cotti, Jenkins & Hogin, LLP, Manhattan Beach, California, for the defendant-appellee.
    Case Number: No. 08-56914

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11842 JOHNNY ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, a California Municipa

  • June 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Public Interest Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that absolute prosecutorial immunity protected a District Attorney and his Chief Deputy from monetary liability on a §1983 wrongful conviction cla

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  • Julio Pina, Plaintiff v. Dora Homes, Inc., Maguire Avenue Realty Corp. and Ovas Building Corp., Defendants, 09-CV-1626

    Publication Date: 2013-02-06
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District
    Judge: District Judge Frederic Block
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Julio Pina: Richard M. Winograd, Esq., Stuart L. Kitchner, Esq., Thailary Lim, Esq., Ginarte, O'Dwyer, Gonzalez, Gallardo & Winograd, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Dora Homes, Inc., Maguire Avenue Realty Corp. and Ovas Building Corp.: Howard M. File, Esq., Staten Island, NY. For Choray Construction Corp. and Oscar Abad: Leigh Harris Sutton, Esq. Athanasia Apostolakos, Esq. Morris Duffy Alonso & Faley, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 09-CV-1626

    Cite as: Pina v. Dora Homes, Inc., 09-CV-1626, NYLJ 1202586871348, at *1 (EDNY, Decided January 29, 2013)District Judge Frederic Bl

  • December 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Showstopper

    It was a tiny, inconsequential blip in the Bank of America Corporation legal saga. On October 13 the bank’s lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and staff lawyers for

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  • Frontera Generation LP v. Mission Pipeline Co.

    Publication Date: 2013-01-03
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 13
    Judge: Rogelio Valdez Chief Justice
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    Case Number: NUMBER 13-12-00265-CV

    On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.OPINIONBefore Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and GarzaOpinion by Chief Justice ValdezBy appeal and original proceedin

  • Prudholm v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-20
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-17
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 1
    Judge: Sam Nuchia Justice
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    Case Number: Nos. 01-06-00749-CR & 01-06-00750-CR

    OPINIONAppellant Gabriel Lemell Prudholm was convicted by a jury of compelling prostitution (trial court case number 1052194; appellate court case number 01-06-00749-CR) and sexual assault of a chi