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July 25, 2002 | Legal Times

Making a Difference, Firm by Firm: Part I

This year, to illustrate the variety of pro bono activities undertaken by local firms, the editors of Legal Times asked the 41 firms participating in the D.C. Bar's "pro bono c

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August 6, 1999 | The Recorder

Calif. Court: Worker's ADR Tab Too High

Employers may have taken a big hit last week when a Southern California appeal court declared an employment arbitration provision "unconscionable" largely because of the extreme financial burden it

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Doyal v. Texas Dep't of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division

Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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Date Filed: 2008-11-12
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 10
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Case Number: 10-07-00103-CV

OPINIONAppellant Mark Doyal, a prison inmate at all relevant times, filed a pro se suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Institutional Division (TDCJ) and a number of TDCJ official

January 31, 2005 | National Law Journal

When justice is delayed

In recent weeks, two criminal defendants, both in the Deep South, have faced the extraordinary prospect of being tried for brutal murders allegedly committed more than 40 years ago. On J

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April 9, 2007 | National Law Journal

High court scrutinizes key job bias liability case

WASHINGTON � The "cat's paw" or "rubber stamp" theory of liability in job bias cases comes under scrutiny in the U.S. Supreme Court this month as the justices examine when an employer can be hel

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Apprendi v. New Jersey

Publication Date: 2002-04-09
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Date Filed: 2000-06-26
Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
Judge: Justice Stevens
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Case Number: 99-478

On Writ Of Certiorari To The Supreme Court Of New JerseyA New Jersey statute classifies the possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose as a "second-degree" offense. N. J. Stat. Ann. �2C:39-4(a

February 24, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Justice Ginsburg reflects on women who fought bias

Ruth Bader Ginsburg As the second woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has secured her place in history. But when she recently visited Ge

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March 12, 2012 | National Law Journal

Sometimes, a verdict simply expresses outrage

On his eighth birthday, Robert Middleton was tied to a tree, doused with gasoline and set on fire. Middleton, who suffered burns over 99 percent of his body, said the perpetrator was D

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January 7, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Continental Casualty Co., plaintiffs-appellants-respondents v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, defendants-respondents-appellants

Decided Dec. 30, 2008 Before Tom, J.P., Friedman, Nardelli, Catterson, JJ Cross appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard F. Braun, J.), ent

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USA v. Reyes, 10-1400-cr

Publication Date: 2012-09-04
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Katzmann, Wesley, C.JJ. and Underhill, D.J.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY: Jennifer E. Burns, Assistant United States Attorney (Justin Anderson, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief).
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Mary Anne Wirth, Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY.
Case Number: 10-1400-cr

Cite as: USA v. Reyes, 10-1400-cr, NYLJ 1202569672815, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 29, 2012)Before: Katzmann, Wesley, C.JJ. and Underhill,