• August 30, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Appellate Division Settlement Programs: a Vital Part of the System

    Appeals from an adverse lower court determination present the appellate practitioner with a number of important considerations: Does the ruling below give rise to a meritorious appeal? What is the

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  • Elliott v. Hollingshead

    Publication Date: 2010-10-28
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 11
    Judge: Terry McCALL Justice
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    Case Number: 11-08-00256-CV

    OPINIONThis is a wrongful death and survival action arising from an automobile accident. Appellants, Richard Elliott and West Texas Centers for MHMR (MHMR), appeal from the trial court's judgmen

  • In Re: Shawna Florey a/k/a Shawna Stringer

    Publication Date: 2010-12-01
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-30
    Court: Tex. App. Dist.11
    Judge: Rick Strange Justice
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    Case Number: No.11-10-00278-CV

    OpinionOriginal Mandamus ProceedingOPINIONShawna Florey a/k/a Shawna Stringer filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of the trial court's order modifying the conservatorship of

  • DC Comics v. Pacific Pictures Corporation

    Publication Date: 2013-01-10
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    Date Filed: 2013-01-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and John W. Sedwick, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan D. Hacker, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Daniel M. Petrocelli, Matthew T. Kline (argued), and Cassandra L. Seto, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Marc Toberoff, Keith G. Adams, and Pablo D. Arredondo, Toberoff & Associates, P.C., Malibu, California, for Defendants-Appellants Mark Warren Peary, as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Shuster; Laura Siegel Larson, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Joanne Siegel; and Jean Adele Peavy. Richard B. Kendall (argued) and Laura W. Brill, Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellants Pacific Pictures Corporation; IP Worldwide, LLC; IPW, LLC; and Marc Toberoff.

    Case Number: No. 11-56934

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 371 DC COMICS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PACIFIC PICTURES CORPORATION; IP WORLDWIDE, LLC

  • People v. Valenzuela

    Publication Date: 2012-05-01
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-30
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson and Noah P. Hill, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Linda L. Gordon, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. B230574

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4829 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH MARCUS VALENZUELA, Defendant and

  • Hempstead County Hunting Club, Inc. v. Southwestern Electric Power Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-12
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 08-2613

    [PUBLISHED]Submitted: March 05, 2009Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.Hempstead County Hunting Club (HCHC) filed a citizen's suit against Southwestern Electric Power Company

  • Teon Management LLC and Republic v. Turquoise Bay Corp.

    Publication Date: 2011-04-10
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-07
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 11
    Judge: Rick Strange Justice
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    Case Number: 11-10-00050-CV

    In The Eleventh Court of AppealsOPINIONTurquoise Bay Corporation d/b/a Bay Operators et al.*fn1 filed suit against Teon Management, LLC, et al.a HREF="#D*fn

  • Clapp v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2012-09-24
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-19
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 8
    Judge: Christopher Antcliff, Justice
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    Case Number: 08-11-00133-CV

    OPINION These two interlocutory appeals concern the adequacy of an expert report filed in a medical malpractice suit. See TEX.CIV.PRAC.&REM.CODE ANN. § 74.351 (West 2011). Ass

  • November 4, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

    Lawyers Allege Judge Steps on Individuals' Rights

    On the 336th District Court bench for only 10 months, Judge Lauri Blake of Sherman, Texas, has rubbed some lawyers the wrong way with what the lawyers allege are her heavy-handed methods and u

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  • Beck v. Law Offices of Terry

    Publication Date: 2009-05-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-05-01
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: Bob Pemberton, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-07-00635-CV

    OPINIONAppellants, Gary G. Beck; Law Insurance Agency f/k/a The G. Beck Company d/b/a The Beck Company; The Beck Benefits Company; and John Mueller's Barbecue, Inc., appeal a district court judgmen