• The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Service

    Publication Date: 2011-01-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2011-01-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Bahr, Megan O?Reilly (argued), and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich of Western Environmental Law Center (Taos, New Mexico and Eugene, Oregon), and Scott W. Reed (Coeur d?Alene, Idaho) for the appellees.
    for defendant: Paul A. Turcke (argued) of Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke (Boise, Idaho), for the appellants. Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, Aaron Avila, and Katherine W. Hazard of the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.) for amicus United States. Paul L. Gale (argued), Erik M. Pritchard, and Jacqueline S. Treu of Troutman Sanders LLP (Irvine, California) for amici Motorcycle Industry Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. Jeffrey W. Leppo and Jason T. Morgan of Stoel Rives LLP (Seattle, Washington) for amicus The Alaska Oil and Gas Association. Ronald S. Yockim (Roseburg, Oregon) for amici Coos County, Grant County, Harney County, and Wallowa County. Roger R. Martella, Jr., Peter R. Steeland, Jr., and Matthew D. Krueger of Sidley Austin LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amici American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Croplife America, National Association of Manufacturers, and National Petrochemical and Refiners Association. Michael B. Wigmore and Sandra P. Franco of Bingham McCutchen LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Western States Petroleum Association. Elizabeth E. Howard and Dominic M. Carollo of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP (Portland, Oregon) for amici Steens Mountain Landowner Group, Oregon Cattlemen?s Association, Oregon Cattlemen?s Public Lands Committee, Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Public Lands Council, and National Cattlemen?s Beef Association. Anna M. Seidman and Douglas S. Burdin of Safari Club International (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Safari Club International. Murray D. Feldman and William G. Myers III of Holland & Hart LLP (Boise, Idaho) and Dana R. Walsh of Southern Nevada Water Authority (Las Vegas, Nevada), for amicus Southern Nevada Water Authority. Albert M. Ferlo, Donald C. Baur, and Guy R. Martin of Perkins Coie LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Western Urban Water Coalition. Julie A. Weis and Christopher Lundberg of Haglund Kelly Horngren Jones & Wilder LLP (Portland, Oregon), William K. Barquin, Attorney General of Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Bonners Ferry, Idaho), Stuart M. Levit and John Harrison of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Pablo, Montana), Brett Kenney of Coquille Indian Tribe (North Bend, Oregon), David C. Bonga of Kalispel Tribe (Airway Heights, Washington), William Bacon of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort Hall, Idaho), and Catherine Tufts of Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (Siletz, Oregon), for amici Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Coquille Indian Tribe, Kalispel Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and Metlakatla Indian Community. David F. Hensley, Counsel to the Governor (Boise, Idaho) and Thomas C. Perry of Idaho Governor?s Office of Species Conservation (Boise, Idaho), and L. Michael Bogert and Amy B. Chasanov of Crowell & Moring LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amici C.L. ?Butch? Otter, Governor of Idaho and Idaho Governor?s Office of Species Conservation. Daniel S. Sullivan, Attorney General of State of Alaska, and Lance B. Nelson of Office of the Alaska Attorney General (Anchorage, Alaska), for amicus State of Alaska. Scott W. Horngren of American Forest Resource Council (Portland, Oregon), for amici Alaska Forest Association and Douglas Timber Operators. Mark C. Rutzick of Mark C. Rutzick, Inc. (Oak Hill, Virginia), for amicus American Forest Resource Council.

    Case Number: No. 09-35200

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 591THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY; PRAIRIE FALCON AUDUBON, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.UNITED STAT

  • Brown, et al. v. Ames, et al.

    Publication Date: 2000-02-07
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2000-02-07
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: JONES, DENNIS, and PRADO
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 98-20736

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge: Appellants Collectibles and Ames principally appeal the district cour

  • Friends of Gateway v. Slater

    Publication Date: 2001-07-10
    Practice Area:
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    Date Filed: 2001-07-09
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Parker, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 99-4081

    Argued: March 9, 2000Petition for review of the March 29, 1999 decision of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"), approving installation of a radar tower on FAA-administered land within the b

  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
    Practice Area:
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • Rocha v. Faltys

    Publication Date: 2002-02-08
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2002-02-07
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: Bea Ann Smith, Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 03-01-00406-CV

    Appellants Julia Rocha and George Rocha Sr., individually and as representatives for the Estate of George Rocha Jr. (the Rochas), appeal the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of a

  • March 29, 2004 | Legal Times

    Justices Struggle to Stay Above the Fray

    WASHINGTON -- For two days earlier this month, it appeared that several Supreme Court justices were at war with the world outside their marble palace -- or at least with the news media and Con

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  • March 29, 2004 | Legal Times

    Courtside: Testy Justices, Blackmun Memories

    For two days earlier this month, it appeared that several 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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  • March 7, 2003 | The Recorder

    Punitive Measures

    Brent Ferguson and Florencia Prieto were dumbfounded in 1997 when the class counsel in their suit against Unocal Corp. chose not to seek punitive damages in order to cement an $80 million glob

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  • In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Richard J. Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Equity Plaintiffs are represented by Ira M. Press, Andrew Martin McNeela, and Roger W. Kirby of Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY. The Stichting Plaintiffs are represented by Geoffrey Coyle, Jarvis, Jay W. Eisenhofer, and Michele S. Carino of Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., New York, NY; and James Richard Banko of Grant & Eisenhofer, P A, Chase Manhattan Centre, Wilmington, DE. The FC Holdings Plaintiffs are represented by Daniel Arthur Cohen, Daniel Joseph Kornstein, and Amy Christine Gross of Kornstein Veisz Wexler & Pollard, LLP, New York, NY; JefIrey H. Squire of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, Washington, DC; and Paul D. Wexler of Bragar, Wexler & Eagel, P.C., New York, NY. The Bond/Notes Plaintiffs represented by John J. Gross, Christopher L. Nelson, David Kessler, John Anthony Kehoe, and Benjamin J. Sweet of Barrowav Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, P A; Nichole Browning and Eric Donald Peterson of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ramzi Abadou, Maureen Elizabeth Mueller, Lucas F. Olts, and John J. Rice of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; David Avi Rosenfeld of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Melville, NY; John Patrick Coffey, William Curtis Fredericks, Kurt Michael Hinciker, Christopher Chad Johnson, John James Rizio-Hamilton, and Jeroen Van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jack Gerald Fruchter of Abraham Fruchter & Twersky LLP, New York, NY; Lionel Z. Glancy of Glancy & Binkow, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Max Goldberg of the Law Offices of Michael Goldberg, New York, NY; Marc Ian Gross and Fei-Lu Qian of Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: The Wachovia Defendants are represented by Douglas H. Flaum, Eric A. Hirsch, Israel David, and John W. Brewer of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY. The Underwriter Defendants are represented by Alfred Robert Pietrzak, Patrick Michael McGuirk, Owen Harris Smith, and Saima S. Ahmed of Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY. Defendant KPMG is represented by Emmet Thomas Flood of Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC and Marshall Beil of McGuireWoods LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS)

    Cite as: In Re Wachovia Equity Securities Litigation, 08 Civ. 6171 (RJS), NYLJ 1202489220302, at *1 (SDNY, Decided March 31, 2011)District Judge Richard J. Sull

  • E-Pass Technologies, Inc. v. 3Com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2009-03-20
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Linn, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for defendants-appellees Visa International Service Association, et al.: Madison Jellins, Alston and Bird, Palo Alto, Calif
    for defendant: Attorney for defendant appellee Access Systems Americas, Inc.: Andrew Oliver, Ropes & Gray, Palo Alto, Calif.

    Case Number: Nos. 2008-1144, -1145, -1146, -1470, -1471, -1472

    Before BRYSON, LINN, and PROST, Circuit Judges.Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge LINN. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge BRYSON.On the merits in this appeal, E-Pass Technologi