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  • July 5, 2006 | Legal Times

    Is the Honeymoon Over for the Roberts Court?

    If this was the new look of harmony and consensus at the Supreme Court, it needs some work. There, on the final day of the Court's term, June 29, was Justice John Paul Stevens, calmly defian

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  • July 10, 2006 | Legal Times

    Despite Plea for Harmony, Court Term Ends on Dissonant Note

    If this was the new look of harmony and consensus at the U.S. Supreme Court, it needs some work. There, on the final day of the court's term, June 29, was Justice John Paul Stevens, ca

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  • February 22, 2010 | National Law Journal

    DOCKET WATCH

    The following cases are scheduled before the U.S. Supreme Court in the next two weeks. Docket Watch appears before each argument cycle when the high court hears cases.

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  • July 9, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Gay Rights Advocates Plan to Build on Sodomy Ruling

    WASHINGTON -- Gay rights advocates, energized by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark sodomy ruling, plan litigation across a broad front.The justices' 6-3 decision in Lawrence v. T

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  • July 17, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Buoyed Gay Rights Advocates Form Sweeping Litigation Plan

    Gay rights advocates, energized by the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark sodomy ruling, plan litigation across a broad front.The justices' 6-3 decision in Lawrence v. Texas, No. 02

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  • September 30, 2013 | Litigation Daily

    'Dream Team' Says Case Could End Gay Marriage Controversy

    Marcia Coyle is chief Washington correspondent for The National Law Journal, an American Lawyer affiliate. A lawsuit challenging Virginia's gay marriage and civil u

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  • Abdul-Akbar v. McKelvie

    Publication Date: 2001-02-01
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    Date Filed: 2001-01-29
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Aldisert, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 98-7307

    Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) February 18, 2000Argued November 1, 2000OPINION OF THE COURTThe primary issue for decision is whether we should overrule the holding of Gibbs v. Roma

  • March 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Taxi Drivers Settle Suit Over GPS Devices Southern District Judge Richard M. Berman yesterday approved a settlement under which a union representing New York City taxi drivers h

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  • October 10, 2003 | Legal Times

    Pickering Nomination may go the way of Estrada

    WASHINGTON -- Charles Pickering Sr. still has a long way to go before he can don the robes of an appellate judge.Pickering's nomination to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals was c

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  • In Re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, 10-4135-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-07-29
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, and Carney, CJJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority: Susan E. Amron, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: For amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Michael E. Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen, Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA. For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation: Traci L. Lovitt, Nicholas W. Haddad, Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Lauren E. Handel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Donald W. Fowler, Eric G. Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves, American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC. For amici curiae, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Joseph R. Guerra, James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Michael B. Mukasey, Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA.
    Case Number: 10-4135-cv (L)

    Cite as: In Re: MTBE Lit., 10-4135-cv (L), NYLJ 1202612814095, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 26, 2013) 10-4135-cv (L) Before: Parker, Hall, and Car