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March 29, 2013 | National Law Journal

Court Likely To Dump DOMA and Punt on Proposition 8

The 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 that is new to them, especial

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MHC Financing Limited Partnership v. City of San Rafael

Publication Date: 2013-04-17
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Date Filed: 2013-04-17
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Sidney R. Thomas, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Bradford (argued), Barry Levenstam, Lisa T. Scruggs, and Bradley M. Yusim, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants­-Appellants.
for defendant: Michael von Loewenfeldt (argued) and James M. Wagstaffe, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Robert F. Epstein, Ragghianti Freitas LLP, San Rafael, California, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee City of San Rafael. Gordon C. Atkinson (argued), Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant-Cross-Appellee-Appellee Contempo Marin Homeowners Association. R.S. Radford, Pacific Legal Foundation Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation. Elliot L. Bien and Amy E. Margolin, Bien & Summers, Novato, California, for Amicus Curiae Western Manufactured Housing Association. Andrew W. Schwartz, Fran M. Layton, Matthew D. Zinn, and Amanda R. Garcia, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus Curiae League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties. Bruce E. Stanton, Law Offices of Bruce E. Stanton, San Jose, California, for Amicus Curiae Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners' League, Inc.
Case Number: No. 07-15982 No. 09-16447 No. 09-16451 No. 09-16612 No. 09-16613

Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3839MHC FINANCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Illinois limited partnership; GRAPELAND VISTAS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff

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