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  • May 24, 2010 | Daily Business Review

    High Court justice should be chosen if qualified. Nothing more.

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan, while a law professor at the University of Chicago, wrote in 1995 that she detested "polite and restrained" confirmation hearings, calling them a "va

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  • September 7, 2005 | Alm

    9th Circuit: Sexual Content Not Needed For Harassment Claim

    You don't have to be a groper, lecher or explicit misogynist to get sued for sex-based harassment, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday. The opinio

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  • November 21, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Blogger's Demise May Chill DOJ Gossip

    NEWARK, N.J. � Whether or not David Lat loses his job for dishing dirt about federal judges, the abrupt ahref="http://www.law.com/jsp/ca/PubArticleCA.jsp?id=1132229116133" title="read

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  • June 8, 2004 | The Recorder

    Does �Lawrence' Alter Consent Laws?

    The most important courtroom victory in the gay rights movement has a profound impact on certain criminal laws, according to a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals judge.But the impact

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  • May 5, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    AutoNation USA Corp. v. Leroy

    Civil LitigationNo. 14-02-00496-CV, 4/17/2003.a href=http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawDecision&cid=10510282

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  • United States v. Marrocco

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-24
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Ripple, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-3101

    ARGUED NOVEMBER 5, 2008Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.After discovering that Vincent Fallon had purchased a one-way train ticket in cash a short time befo

  • November 4, 2002 | Daily Business Review

    Snuffed Out

    The legal options of foreign governments seeking to hold tobacco companies responsible for the costs of treating sick smokers are quickly narrowing. The latest constriction came from Florida's

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  • November 12, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Election 2012

    While voters' eyes may focus on the top of the ballot, for the Texas judiciary this election, most of the change occurred in the intermediate s of appeals, not at the state's two highest

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  • Phillips v. Herndon

    Publication Date: 2013-09-17
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    Date Filed: 2013-09-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, Senior District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Faryar Farmani, Farmani APLC, San Diego, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kevin R. Vienna, and Kristine A. Gutierrez, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 09-56079

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 10366 STEVEN WAYNE PHILLIPS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEBRA HERNDON,

  • San Diego Unified School District v. Commission on Professional Competence (Jesperson)

    Publication Date: 2013-03-26
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-26
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andra M. Donovan, Katherine E. Allison for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Tosdal, Smith, Steiner & Wax, Jon Y. Vanderpool; Boudreau Williams, Jon R. Williams for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D059035

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3376SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Respondent,v.COMMISSION ON PROFES