• United States of America v. Rodney Mason

    Publication Date: 2012-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-04
    Court: UNKNOWN: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2011
    Judge: Pooler, Circuit Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 11-544

    11-544United States v. MasonSubmitted: January 20, 2012Before: WALKER, POOLER, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.Rodney Mason appeals from a 33-month sentence of the United States Distr

  • Citizens Planning Association v. City of Santa Barbara (Peak-Las Positas Partners)

    Publication Date: 2011-01-25
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-25
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wittwer & Parkin, William P. Parkin, Jonathan Wittwer, Ryan D. Moroney, Law Office of Marc Chytilo, Marc Chytilo, for Plaintiffs and Respondents Citizens Planning Association, and Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Council.
    for defendant: Price, Postel & Parma, Timothy E. Metzinger; Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Steven A. Amerikaner, for Real Parties in Interest and Appellants Peak-Las Positas Partners, and Mark Lee. No appearance for Defendant City of Santa Barbara.

    Case Number: 2. d Civil No. B216006

    Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 1123CITIZENS PLANNING ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF SANTA BARB

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  • March 2, 2009 | Legal Times

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  • July 8, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

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  • December 9, 2011 | National Law Journal

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  • June 13, 2005 | The Recorder

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  • November 30, 2006 | Legal Times

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  • August 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

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