• March 10, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Plaintiffs' lawyers jockey for venue in massive Toyota litigation

    LOS ANGELES — Plaintiffs' lawyers have been positioning themselves for a front seat in the mounting litigation arising from the sudden unintended acceleration problems in vehicles man

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  • Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management

    Publication Date: 2012-10-22
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    Date Filed: 2012-10-22
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Marsha S. Berzon and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and William E. Smith, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric. R. Glitzenstein (argued), Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C., for petitioners Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife et al. Amy R. Atwood, Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, Oregon, John T. Buse, Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, California, Howard M. Crystal, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Center for Biological Diversity. Adam M. Kron, Kara Gillon, Michael P. Senatore, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C., for petitioner Defenders of Wildlife et al. Randolph H. Barnhouse, Samuel D. Hough (argued), Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, New Mexico, for petitioner Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Indian Reservation of California. Colette Routel (argued), Assistant Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for petitioner Summit Lake Paiute Tribe. Constance E. Brooks, Michael Marinovich (argued), C.E. Brooks & Associates, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for petitioner Coalition of Local Governments.
    for defendant: Nicholas A. DiMascio, Lane N. McFadden, Jennifer S. Neumann (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for respondents U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. John A. Bryson (argued), John F. Clark, Holland & Hart LLP, Washington, D.C., William G. Myers III, Holland & Hart LLP, Boise, Idaho, Aaron C. Courtney, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, Craig V. Richardson, El Paso Corporation Pipeline Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Thomas L. Sansonetti, Holland & Hart LLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Troy A. Eid, Jennifer H. Weddle, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Denver, Colorado, for respondent-intervenor Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C.

    Case Number: No. 10-72356 No. 10-72552 No. 10-72768 No. 10-72775

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 11924CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LAND MANAG

  • May 2, 2005 | Daily Report Online

    Top Lawyer in Perdue's Office Joins Justice Race

    Jonathan Ringel [email protected] Harold D. Melton, the top lawyer in Gov. George E. "Sonny" Perdue III's office, has been nominated for the vacancy on the Georgia Supreme Court t

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  • May 1, 2008 | The Recorder

    Ruling Addresses Arbitrator Disclosures

    Arbitrators can't be disqualified from a case for disclosing information about themselves that wasn't required to be revealed in the first place, a state appeal court ruled Wednesday.T

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  • July 9, 2010 | The Recorder

    Viewpoint: Challenge to Ulmer Threatens Judiciary

    A potentially game-changing judicial election is not receiving the attention it deserves. Michael Nava, a research attorney for Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno and a Democrat, is challeng

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  • September 4, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Emotional Distress Damages OK'd in Products Liability Case

    Physically unharmed plaintiffs may still collect emotional distress damages in strict products liability cases, the state Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression. A three-judg

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  • BP America Production Co. v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2008-07-24
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-23
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 4
    Judge: Steven C. Hilbig, Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 04-06-00478-CV

    OPINIONSitting: Karen Angelini, Justice, Rebecca Simmons, Justice, Steven C. Hilbig, Justice.AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PARTThis matter involves two appeals from a single judg

  • November 30, 2006 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Asked to Take Aircraft Banner Case

    Conference Call summarizes the roughly 15 percent of all non-pauper petitions that are the most likely candidates for certiorari. The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is almost entirely discretionar

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  • August 27, 2007 | Legal Times

    Birdbrained Rules

    Alan Merrifield doesn't believe in pesticides. He thinks they're dangerous, ineffective, and bad for the environment. In any case, he doesn't deal with bugs. He helps people keep common

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  • Labidi v. Sydow

    Publication Date: 2009-06-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-25
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Eva M. Guzman Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 14-08-00527-CV

    Appeal Dismissed, Petition Denied, and Opinion filed June 25, 2009.ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGWRIT OF MANDAMUSOPINIONIn this consolidation of an interlocutory appeal and a petition for writ of man