• Carlisle v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 7:15-CV-1376

    Publication Date: 2017-09-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Glenn Suddaby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Shelly A. Leonard, Esq., Steven Bennett Blau, Esq., of Counsel, Blau Leonard Law Group, LLC, Huntington, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant United Parcel Service, Inc.: Jeremy M. Brown, Esq., Yael Spiewak, Esq., of Counsel, Epstein Becker & Green P.C., New York, NY. Counsel for Defendant Teamsters Local 687: Mimi C. Satter, Esq., of Counsel, Satter Law Firm, PLLC, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 7:15-CV-1376

    of Duty of Fair Representation Claim Failed for Lack of Proof of Union's

  • Jenkins v. State of Texas, 08-15-00366-CR (TexApp Dist 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD MCCLURE, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-15-00366-CR

    Appellant Brandon Lee Jenkins admitted shooting and killing Tracy Odell Holmes. The two men were arguing after appellant had argued with Holmes' daughter, Kadijas Holmes, who had a romantic rela

  • Doe v. Hagenbeck, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Incident-to-Service Rule Precluded Bivens Claim from Conduct at Military A

  • L.A. T-Shirt & Print, Inc. v. Rue 21, Inc., 16-CV-5400

    Publication Date: 2017-09-07
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Ronnie Abrams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-CV-5400

    Copyright Claim for Animal Designs Plausible Where Color Patterns and Features

  • City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Firefighters' Association, 04-15-00819-CV (4th COA. 08/23/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-09-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-23
    Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    Judge: LUZ ELENA D. CHAPA, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 04-15-00819-CV

    Appellant the City of San Antonio and its firefighters union, the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 624, operate under a collective bargaining agreement. When the current CBA was due

  • Updike v. Multnomah County

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-31
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Ronald M. Gould, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl L. Post (argued), John Burgess, and Daniel Snyder, Law Offices of Daniel J. Snyder, Portland, Oregon, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jacqueline Kamins (argued), Assistant County Attorney; David N. Blankfeld, Multnomah County Attorney; Office of Multnomah County Attorney, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee Multnomah County.

    Case Number: No. 15-35254

    Triable issues of fact as to county's deliberate indifference to needs of deaf person incarcerated in county jail (Gould, J.)

  • Ybarra v. Filson

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Barry G. Silverman, Richard C. Tallman, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph M. Fiedler (argued) and Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Conner (argued), Assistant Solicitor General; Adam Paul Laxalt, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondents-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-17326 No. 17-15793 No. 17-71465

    Contradictions in state court's analysis of death row inmate's claim of intellectual disability warranted reconsideration (Tallman, J.)

  • Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp, Defendants-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp.: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe.: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe.: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe.: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe.: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe.: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Former West Point Cadet's Sexual Assault Liability Suit Stymied by Second C

  • Robinson v. Knibbs, 16-cv-3826

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Nelson S. Roman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 16-cv-3826

    Delay in Prisoner's Medical Treatment Did Not Amount to Deliberate Indiff

  • Quinault Indian Nation v. Pearson

    Publication Date: 2017-08-31
    Practice Area: Native American Law | Tax
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-29
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Benjamin H. Settle, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rob Roy Smith, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
    for defendant: Robert E. Kovacevich, Spokane, Washington; Randal B. Brown, Covington, Washington; Aaron L. Lowe, Spokane, Washington; for Defendants-Appellants.

    Case Number: No. 15-35263 No. 15-35267

    Sovereign immunity barred defendant's counterclaims against Indian tribe (McKeown, J.)