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  • Thibodeau v. Portuondo, 05-0149-pr

    Publication Date: 2007-05-17
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    Date Filed: 2007-05-11
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Sonia Sotomayor
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    Case Number: 05-0149-pr

    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Bianco Law Offices, Syracuse, New York, for Petitioner- Appellant, on submission. Michelle Maerov

  • Mungo v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Unknown
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    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Before Judges Meskill, Leval and Cabranes Appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District o

  • US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L)

    Publication Date: 2012-12-03
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: Richard C. Tarlowe, Assistant United States Attorney, (Mark Lanpher, Andrea L. Surratt, and Katherine Polk Failla, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Robert Coplan: Dennis P. Riordan, (Donald M. Horgan and Gary Dubcoff, on the brief), Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA; Ted Sampsell Jones, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN. For Defendant-Appellant Martin Nissenbaum: Nathan Lewin, (Alyza D. Lewin, on the brief), Lewin & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC. Of counsel; For Defendant-Appellant Richard Shapiro: Alexandra A.E. Shapiro, (Marc E. Isserles and James Darrow, on the brief), Macht, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP, New York, NY; Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Brian Vaughn: Robert G. Anderson, (Donna Brown Jacobs, on the brief) Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Ridgeland, MS. For Defendant-Appellant Charles Bolton: Marc N. Garber, The Garber Law Firm, P.C., Marietta, GA. For amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; in support of Defendants-Appellants: Joshua L. Dratel, Joshua L. Dratel, P.C., New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Council of Defense Lawyers; Laura Grossfield Birger and Rachel B. Kane, Cooley LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 10-583-cr(L)

    Cite as: US v. Robert Coplan, 10-583-cr(L), NYLJ 1202579883765, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided November 29, 2012)Before: Kearse, McLaughlin, and Cabranes, C

  • In re: WTC Disaster Site

    Publication Date: 2005-07-21
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    Court: Unknown
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    U.S. COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT Kearse and Cabranes, C.JJ., and Korman, Ch.D.J.* * Appeals by defendants from so much of an order of the United States District Co

  • United States of America, Appellee v. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, Defendants, 98-1041L

    Publication Date: 2012-11-28
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Walker, Ch.J., Winter and Cabranes, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee United States of America: David N. Kelley and Michael J. Garcia, Assistant United States Attorneys (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, on the brief, David Raskin, Adam B. Siegel, Jennifer G. Rodgers, James J. Benjamin, Jr., Baruch Weiss, Jamie L. Kogan, Christine H. Chung, Ira M. Feinberg, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel), United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant Ramzi Ahmed Yousef: Bernard V. Kleinman and Steven Z. Legon, White Plains, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Eyad Ismoil: Louis R. Aidala (Joan Palermo, on the brief), New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellant Abdul Hakim Murad: Jerry L. Tritz (Amy J. Porter, on the brief), Law Office of Jerry L. Tritz, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 98-1041L

    Cite as: USA v. Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, 98-1041L, NYLJ 1202579596394, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided April 4, 2003)Before: Walker, Ch.J., Winter and Cabranes, C

  • Downs v. Lape, 09-4723-pr

    Publication Date: 2011-09-15
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Chin and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna R. Newman, Buttermore Newman Delanney & Foltz, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Ashlyn Dannelly (Barbara D. Underwood, Roseann B. MacKechnie, and Paul B. Lyons, on the brief), Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, for Respondent-Appellee.

    Case Number: 09-4723-pr

    Cite as: Downs v. Lape, 09-4723-pr, NYLJ 1202514438790, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 14, 2011)Before: Wesley, Chin and Lohier,

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • Watson v. Greene, 10-307-pr

    Publication Date: 2011-05-18
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Lynch And Chin, C.JJ., Korman, D.J.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10-307-pr

    Cite as: Watson v. Greene, 10-307-pr, NYLJ 1202494344558, at *1 (2cir, Decided May 17, 2011)Before: Lynch And Chin, C.JJ., Korman, D.J.**