• January 30, 2006 | The Recorder

    Appeal Courts at Odds Over Meal Breaks

    A battle over how much liability employers bear when they violate state laws governing employees' breaks may have to be decided by the California Supreme Court.On Friday, the Second Di

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  • February 15, 2007 | Alm

    Lack of Black Bench Nominees Criticized

    In nine of 11 Southern states, President George W. Bush has never nominated an African-American for any of 62 openings for federal trial court judgeships, according to federal court data.

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  • January 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, respondents v. Allstate Insurance Co., appellant

    Decided Jan. 20, 2009 Before Fisher, J.P.; Dillon, Miller, Eng, JJ. APPEAL by the defendant, in an action to recover no-fault medical benefits under certain insurance

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  • Washington v. State

    Publication Date: 2001-08-24
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-24
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 6
    Judge: William J. Cornelius Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 06-01-00020-CR

    Chief Justice CorneliusOPINIONA jury convicted Jessie Lee Washington of sexual assault. Washington pleaded true to the State's allegation that he had previously been convicted of a felony, and t

  • Taylor v. St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2010-11-04
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-01
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 09-3714

    [PUBLISHED]Submitted: September 21, 2010Before GRUENDER, BRIGHT, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.Judith A. Taylor, the former Democratic Director of Elections in St. Louis County, brought claims

  • Oreck Direct LLC v. Dyson Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-19
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-23
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Haynes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-30804

    Published opinionREVISED MARCH 16, 2009Summary CalendarBefore JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Oreck Direct, LLC ("Oreck") appeals from the district court's grant of summary ju

  • Kvaerner ASA v. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2000-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2000-04-17
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: WIDENER and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and G. Ross ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Leo Patin
    for defendant: Thomas Joseph Hall

    Case Number: No. 99-1368

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion.OPINION LUTTIG, Circuit Judge: Kvaerner and Jones filed a petition to compel the Bank of Tok

  • Rodriguez v. Icon Benefit Administrators, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-17
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-15
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 7
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 07-07-0039-CV

    OpinionBefore QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PIRTLE, JJ.Johnny Rodriguez, Jr., appeals from a final summary judgment favoring Icon Benefit Administrators, Inc. His two issues involve the applicat

  • Oreck Direct LLC v. Dyson Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-23
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Haynes, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-30804

    Published opinionSummary CalendarBefore JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.Oreck Direct, LLC ("Oreck") appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Dyson,

  • February 3, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Condemnation and Tax Certiorari

    In our April 28, 2004 column titled "Valuation of Condominiums and Cooperatives" (The New York Law Journal, at. p. 3), we decried the inadequacy of condemnation clauses in condominiums and coo

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