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  • April 22, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Game Maker Shielded From Suit Involving Stabbing Death of Boy `medium is message`

    Mining products liability and First Amendment law, a district judge in Connecticut found no grounds to sue the makers of the Mortal Kombat video game in the stabbing death of 13-year-old Noa

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  • July 13, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Death, Mental Illness and the U.S. Supreme Court

    Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that deals with the burgeoning issue of mental illness and the death penalty. In Cullen v. Pinholster, the court will not directly de

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  • Sanchez v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-15
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 7
    Judge: Brian Quinn Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 07-07-0350-CR

    OpinionBefore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and HANCOCK, JJ.Leoneseo Sanchez appeals his convictions on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Three issues lay before us. He initiall

  • Combs v. Chevron USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-05
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: David Puryear, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-07-00127-CV

    OPINIONChevron, Inc. sued Texas's Comptroller of Public Accounts to obtain a tax refund. Chevron had paid contractors to install temporary scaffolding at one of its refineries, and the Comptroller

  • July 9, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    GM and Chrysler: The End of Bankruptcy as We Know It?

    Almost every bankruptcy expert The Am Law Daily talks to agrees that the super-fast General Motors and Chrysler bankruptcies diverted from traditional bankruptcy law because of the government's hug

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  • October 2, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Trademark Infringement by Search Engine

    Generally speaking, to prevail on a claim of trademark infringement under the federal Lanham Act, a plaintiff must establish that it has a valid trademark that is entitled to protection and th

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  • September 6, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    How to Deal With Questions From the Bench

    One of the most stressful moments of a hearing or argument comes when the judge looks up from her papers, clears her throat and says, "Counsel, I have a question." This simple sentence ca

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  • October 25, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Staying in Town Jurors from Galveston County will decide if Robert Durst is guilty of the murder and dismemberment of a former neighbor, Morris Black. On Oct. 21, 212th District Judge

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  • Frances Leon Harvey v. United States of America

    Publication Date: 2012-08-29
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-13
    Court: 10th Cir.
    Judge: Matheson, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-2164

    United States Court of Appeals Tenth CircuitPUBLISHElisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of CourtBefore O'BRIEN, TYMKOVICH, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.I. INTRODUCTIONFrances Leon Harvey's

  • April 24, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

    Mortal Kombat's Decisive Wins

    Mining products liability and First Amendment law, U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton of the District of Connecticut found no grounds to sue the makers of the "Mortal Kombat" video game in

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