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  • July 12, 2006 | Legal Times

    Death Penalty Disquiet on High Court Echoes Earlier Time

    Criticism of capital punishment is mounting. States are executing fewer death row inmates. Two new Republican appointees have joined the Supreme Court. But other justices are palpably uncomfortable

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  • March 22, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Lawyer`s One-Woman Crusade Lands at U.S. Supreme Court

    Jennifer Harbury, a veteran staff attorney for Texas Rural Legal Aid in the Rio Grande Valley, injected a rare personal narrative into a U.S. Supreme Court argument on March 18 as she told the just

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  • April 2, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Majority Signals Dissatisfaction With DOMA Provision

    WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's historic two-day scrutiny of the same-sex marriage issue last week showed the justices as a cautious bunch—wary about ruling on a subject that is new

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  • Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L)

    Publication Date: 2011-05-11
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Riyaz A. Kanji (Cory J. Albright, Zach Welcker, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC; Christopher Karns, Owen Herne, Seneca Nation of Indians Department of Justice, Salamanca, NY; Carol E. Heckman, Jeffrey A. Wadsworth, David T. Archer, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, on the brief), Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Seneca Nation of Indians. David W. Debruin (Scott B. Wilkens, Joshua M. Segal, Jenner & Block, LLP; Daniel French, Lee Alcott, French-Alcott, PLLC, Syracuse, NY, on the brief), Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Appellant Cayuga Indian Nation of New York. James M. Wicks (George C. Pratt, Hillary A. Frommer, Farrell Fritz, P.C.; James F. Simermeyer, New York, NY, on the brief), Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Unkechauge Indian Nation. Michael L. Roy (Marsha K. Schmidt, on the brief), Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Michael R. Smith (R. Miles Clark, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP; Peter D. Carmen, Meghan Murphy Beakman, Oneida Nation Legal Department, Verona, NY; Daniel F. Katz, Dennis M. Black, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington D.C., on the brief), Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee Oneida Nation of New York.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Bing (Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Alison J. Nathan, Special Counsel to the Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Assistant Solicitor General, on the brief), Deputy Solicitor General, for Defendants-Appellants Andrew M. Cuomo, Thomas H. Mattox, Richard Ernst, and Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee John Melville. Michael T. Feeley (Lisa A. Coppola, on the brief), Rupp, Baase, Pfalzgraf, Cunningham & Coppola LLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae Akwesasne Convenience Store Association. Michael A. Cardozo (Eric Proshansky, Aaron M. Bloom, William H. Miller, on the brief), Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae the City of New York. Richard T. Sullivan, Harris Beach PLLC, Buffalo, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York Association of Convenience Stores. Thomas G. Jackson (Meagan A. Zapotocky, on the brief), Phillips Nizer, LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York State Association of Tobacco and Candy Distributors, Inc.*
    Case Number: 10-4265(L)

    Cite as: Oneida Nation of New York v. Cuomo, 10-4265(L), NYLJ 1202493468026, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 9, 2011)Before: Wesley, Chin, and Lohier, C.JJ.p c

  • April 9, 2004 | Alm

    Court May Take Case of Firing Over Beliefs

    An Indiana state police officer who was fired after refusing an assignment at a casino for religious reasons is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize his termination as a civil rights vio

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  • March 29, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Supreme Court Likely to Dump DOMA, Punt on Prop 8

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court's historic two-day scrutiny of the issue of same-sex marriage showed the justices as a cautious bunch — wary about ruling on a subject th

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  • June 24, 2003 | Legal Times

    Supreme Court Orders Libraries to Filter Internet Porn

    The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that requires libraries to filter out pornographic material from their Internet terminals as a condition for receiving federal funds.The

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  • American Civil Liberties Union v. Reno

    Publication Date: 2000-06-29
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    Date Filed: 2000-06-22
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: NYGAARD, McKEE Circuit Judges and GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Griffin et al.
    for defendant: David W. Ogden et al.
    Case Number: No. 99-1324

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OPINION OF THE COURTGARTH, Circuit Judge: This appeal "presents a conflict between one of society'smost cherish

  • December 14, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Britain's new Supreme Court

    In October, the American and British supreme courts both kicked off their 2009-10 terms. Beyond the debut of rookie Justice Sonia Sotomayor, this was not particularly big news in the United

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  • August 20, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Courtside: Souter returns to his beloved Granite State

    Six weeks after retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice David Souter's new life is taking shape-a New Hampshire life that will keep him away from Washington as much as humanly poss

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