• United States v. Cervantes

    Publication Date: 2017-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-06-19
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen S. Trott, M. Margaret McKeown, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Takla (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Terrorism and Export Crimes Section; Patricia A. Donahue, Chief, National Security Division; United States Attorney's Office, Santa Ana, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Michael Tanaka (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Hilary Potashner, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-50459

    Hotel room subject to search as "premises" under defendant's control (Watford, J.)

  • Hardie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-09-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gonzalo P. Curiel, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and David A. Faber,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Sigel (argued) and Jack W. Londen, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; Brian R. Matsui, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jon Greenbaum, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. David, Call & Jensen, Newport Beach, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Seth P. Waxman (argued), Ari Holtzblatt, David M. Lehn, and Daniel S. Volchok, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 15-55576

    NCAA policy restricting coaching by persons with felony convictions not shown to violate Title II (Tallman, J.)

  • The People v. J.T., 5591/2016

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County, Part 9
    Judge: Justice Joanne D. Quiñones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People: Eva Oginar, Esq., Maria Park, Esq.
    for defendant: For the Defendant: Brian Buckmire, Esq., Josh Scheier, Esq.

    Case Number: 5591/2016

    Defense Granted Preclusion of An Identification For Prosecutors' Failure to Give Timely

  • Jenkins v. State of Texas, 08-15-00366-CR (TexApp Dist 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD MCCLURE, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-15-00366-CR

    Appellant Brandon Lee Jenkins admitted shooting and killing Tracy Odell Holmes. The two men were arguing after appellant had argued with Holmes' daughter, Kadijas Holmes, who had a romantic rela

  • Doe v. Hagenbeck, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Incident-to-Service Rule Precluded Bivens Claim from Conduct at Military A

  • People v. Vasquez

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson, Lynne G. McGinnis and Kristine Alton Gutierrez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Carl J. Fabian, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D069298

    Prejudicial error to allow victim's handwritten "timeline" of alleged sexual abuse to be displayed at trial (Aaron, J.)

  • City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Firefighters' Association, 04-15-00819-CV (4th COA. 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    Judge: LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-15-00819-CV

    Appellant the City of San Antonio and its firefighters union, the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 624, operate under a collective bargaining agreement. When the current CBA was due

  • September 5, 2017 | The Recorder

    People v. Iraheta

    C.A. 2nd; B261606 The Second Appellate District reversed a judgment. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that a gang expert’s…

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  • Pulte Home Corporation v. American Safety Indemnity Company

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Construction | Legal Services
    Date Filed: 2017-08-30
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, Robert C. Carlson, Sharon A. Huerta and Sarah P. Long, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Gregory D. Hagen; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Robert A. Olson and Gary J. Wax, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. D070478

    Ambiguity in policy had to be construed in favor of insured (Huffman, Acting P.J.)

  • People v. Iraheta

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Stacy S. Schwartz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Marilee Marshall, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B261606

    Gang expert's reliance on field identification cards prepared by non-testifying officers violated confrontation clause (Aldrich, J.)