• Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency

    Publication Date: 2016-01-26
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    Date Filed: 2015-06-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Mary M. Schroeder, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Patrick Bennett, Eugene G. Illovsky, Benjamin F. Patterson (argued), and Stacey Michelle Sprenkel, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants–Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Melinda L. Haag, United States Attorney, Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Scarborough (argued), Brigham John Bowen, Anthony Joseph Coppolino, and Mark B. Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees–Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: Nos. 13-17430, 14-15108

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 953 VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA; SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES, Veterans Rights Organization; TIM MICHAEL JOSEPHS; WILLIAM BLAZINSKI; BRUCE

  • January 26, 2016 |

    Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Tempur-Sealy Int'l, Inc.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Hartford Fire Ins. Co.v.Tempur-Sealy Int'l, Inc.2016 WL 232431Only the Westlaw citation is currently…

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  • January 25, 2016 | The Recorder

    Davis v. United States

    9th Cir.; 13-16458 The court of appeals reversed a judgment of the district court and remanded. The court held that a closing agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and

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  • Davis v. United States

    Publication Date: 2016-01-25
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Elizabeth D. Laporte, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge and Sandra S. Ikuta and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Mayer (argued), Kenneth G. Hausman, Stuart S. Lipton, Julian Y. Waldo, Arnold & Porter LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Kathryn Keneally, Assistant Attorney General, Richard Farber, Andrew M. Weiner (argued), Attorneys, Tax Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 13-16458

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 913 ALLEN DAVIS; CAROL DAVIS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STAT

  • Montgomery v. Louisiana

    Publication Date: 2016-01-25
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-25
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 14–280

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 875 HENRY MONTGOMERY, PETITIONER v. LOUIS

  • Simpson v. State

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth W. Sheppard, Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert E. Franklin Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth O. Evans, Assistant District Attorney, LaFayette, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Michael A. Oldham, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S15A1365

    An aggravated assault count against the defendant should have merged with a murder count, since the aggravated assault was the predicate felony of the felony murder c

  • January 21, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Third Circuit Tosses DuPont Derivative Suit

    A federal appeals court dismissed a derivative lawsuit against the directors of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. that alleged breaches of fiduciary duty related to a patent infringement sui

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  • January 21, 2016 |

    Home-Owners Ins. Co. v. Smith

     Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Home-Owners Ins. Co.v.Smith2016 WL 142296Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.Court…

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  • J&D Towing, LLC v. American Alternative Insurance Corp., 14-0574 (Tex. 01/08/2016)

    Publication Date: 2016-01-21
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    Date Filed: 2016-01-08
    Court: Supreme Court of Texas
    Judge: Don R. Willett Justice
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    Case Number: 14-0574

    Argued September 22, 2015 On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Tenth District of Texas Justice Willett delivered the opinion o

  • January 20, 2016 | Litigation Daily

    Shout-Out: Skadden Spearheads Appellate Win for DuPont in Shareholder Suit

    A team from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom led the way in securing an appellate victory for E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., affirming the dismissal of a shareholder derivative

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