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  • April 10, 2006 | The Recorder

    All in Favor of the Fish . . .

    Molly Ivins, bless her indomitable lefty heart, understands government. She says, "The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain r

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  • Luna v. Astrue

    Publication Date: 2010-10-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Caldwell, Phoenix, Arizona, for the appellant.
    for defendant: John J. Tuchi, United States Attorney, Phoenix, Arizona; Lucille Gonzales Meis, Regional Chief Counsel, Region IX, Theophous H. Reagans, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Shea L. Bond (argued), Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Social Security Administration, San Francisco, California, for the appellee.
    Case Number: No. 08-16852

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13076 CARMEN CHRISTINA LUNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Soc

  • March 29, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Justices Don't Take Kindly to Recent Scrutiny

    For two days earlier this month, it appeared that several U.S. Supreme Court justices were at war with the world outside their marble palace — or at least with the news media and Congress.

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  • Ward v. Dixie National Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-08
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Wilkinson, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-2378

    PUBLISHEDArgued: December 1, 2009Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge

  • March 28, 2008 | The Recorder

    Finger-Lickin' Legislation

    I try really hard not to throw rocks at legislators. For one thing, they have a very tough job, a very boring job, a job most of us wouldn't take unless they'd stopped hiring at the stee

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  • July 2, 2002 | The Recorder

    After 19 Years, CJA's Executive Director Decides It's Time To Go

    Twenty-one years ago, Constance "Connie" Dove left Indiana for California and never looked back.For 19 of those years, Dove has been the executive director of the California Judg

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  • October 24, 2005 | The Recorder

    One Flew Over the Border

    These are tough times. We've misplaced a major city, proved ourselves as overmatched by problems in the Deep South as we are by problems in the Middle East, and wasted a whole lot of tim

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  • June 21, 2013 | Daily Report Online

    JNC Has 54 Names For Fulton State Slot

    Governor Nathan Deal's Judicial Nominating Commission is sifting through 54 nominees for the Fulton County State Court when Judge Susan Forsling steps down on July 1. The JNC

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  • United States of America v. Rodney Mason

    Publication Date: 2012-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-04
    Court: UNKNOWN: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2011
    Judge: Pooler, Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 11-544

    11-544United States v. MasonSubmitted: January 20, 2012Before: WALKER, POOLER, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.Rodney Mason appeals from a 33-month sentence of the United States Distr

  • September 12, 2003 | The Recorder

    Hasta La Vista, State Courts

    California's courts are under siege. Courthouses are falling apart and judicial pay is no longer competitive with private practice. Given the state's budget woes, there's little relief in sigh

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