• Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2014-07-17
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    Date Filed: 2014-07-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and James L. Robart, District Judge.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah K. McMillan (argued), WildEarth Guardians, Missoula, Montana; James J. Tutchton, WildEarth Guardians, Centennial, Colorado; Melissa A. Hailey, W. Randolph Barnhart, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: David A. Carson (argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, Colorado, for Respondents.

    Case Number: No. 12-71523

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 8032 WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTI

  • June 11, 2014 |

    NORDSTROM, INC., a Washington Corporation-Appellee, v. CHUBB & SON, INC., a New York corporation dba Chubb or The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, an Indiana corporation dba Chubb or The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies-Appellants.

     NORDSTROM, INC., a Washington Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHUBB & SON, INC., a New York corporation dba Chubb or The Chubb Group of Insurance…

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  • In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2013-04-11
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Willliam K. Sessions, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Gille Bacon (argued), William E. Quirk, and Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants Learjet, Inc., et al., Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al., Reorganized FLI, Inc., and Sinclair Oil Corporation. Robert L. Gegios, Alexander T. Pendleton, and William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin Plaintiffs-Appellants. Mark E. Haddad (argued), Michelle B. Goodman, and Nitin Reddy, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees CMS Energy Corp., CMS Energy Resources Management Co., and Cantera Gas Company.
    for defendant: Michael J. Kass and Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Illinois, Inc., DMT G.P. L.L.C., and Dynegy GP Inc. Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, and Roxanna A. Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Coral Energy Resources, L.P. Joel B. Kleinman, Adam Proujanski, and Lisa M. Kaas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants­Appellees Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC. Robert B. Wolinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Steven J. Routh, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Energy Services, Inc. Brent A. Benoit and Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendants-Appellees El Paso Corporation, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., and El Paso Marketing, L.P. Amelia A. Fogleman, Oliver S. Howard, and Craig A. Fitzgerald, Gable Gotwals, A Professional Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Energy Services Company L.P. J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc. Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees The Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Power Company, Inc., and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company. Michael John Miguel, K & L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Xcel Energy, Inc., e prime, inc., e prime Energy Marketing, Inc., and Northern States Power Company.

    Case Number: No. 11-16786, No. 11-16798, No. 11-16799, No. 11-16802, No. 11-16818, No. 11-16821, No. 11-16869, No. 11-16876, No. 11-16880

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3875IN RE: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,LEARJET, INC.; TOPEKA UNIFIED S

  • City of Redding v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2012-08-27
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, M. Margaret McKeown, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. Hertz, Thomas M. Bondy, Mark Pennak (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Bonneville Power Administration and Western Area Power Administration, petitioner. William L. Slover, Robert D. Rosenberg, Stephanie P. Lyons, Stephanie M. Adams, Slover & Loftus LLP, Washington, DC, for Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., petitioner. Robert C. McDiarmid, Peter J. Hopkins, Margaret Meiser, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC, for Northern California Power Agency, petitioner. Peter J. Scanlon, Lisa S. Gast, Jason T. Gray, Duncan Weinberg, Genzer & Pembroke, P.C., Washington, DC, for the City of Redding, California, petitioner.
    for defendant: Thomas R. Sheets, Robert H. Solomon, Lona T. Perry (argued), Washington, DC, for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, respondent. Frank R. Lindh, Mary F. McKenzie, Candace J. Morey, San Francisco, California, for Public Utilities Commission of California, respondent-intervenor. Mark D. Patrizio, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California, and Stan Berman, Sidley Austin LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, respondent-intervenor. Richard L. Roberts (argued) and Catherine M. Giovannoni, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, and Russell Swartz and Leon Bass, Jr., Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California, for Southern California Edison Company, respondent-intervenor. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, James M. Humes, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Matt Rodriquez, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Sacramento, California, David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, Kevin J. McKeon and Lillian S. Harris, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the People of the State of California, respondent-intervenor. Daniel Shonkwiler, Folsom, California, for California Independent System Operator Corporation, respondent-intervenor.

    Case Number: No. 09-72775 No. 09-72789 No. 09-72791

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9722 CITY OF REDDING, CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER AGENCY, Petitioner-Intervenor,

  • Sessoms v. Runnels

    Publication Date: 2012-08-16
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Betty B. Fletcher, Barry G. Silverman, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez, Consuelo M. Callahan, Milan D. Smith, Jr., Sandra S. Ikuta, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Weaver (argued), Albany, California, for petitioner appellant Tio Dinero Sessoms.
    for defendant: Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charles A. French, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Firestone (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for respondent-appellee D. L. Runnels. Peter C. Pfaffenroth, (argued), HL Rogers, Brian A. Fox, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Haddad, Douglas A. Axel, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California; David M. Porter, Sacramento, California, for amicus National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

    Case Number: No. 08-17790

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9343 TIO DINERO SESSOMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D. L. RUNNELS, Respondent-Appe

  • Urbino v. Orkin Services of California, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth H. Yoon (argued) and Stephanie E. Yasuda, Law Offices of Kenneth H. Yoon, Los Angeles, California; Peter M. Hart and Amber S. Healy, Law Offices of Peter M. Hart, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant (No. 11-56944, 11-57002), Plaintiff-Appellant (12-­55064).
    for defendant: Theodore R. Scarborough (argued), Robert N. Hochman, and Tacy F. Flint, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; John E. Lattin, Fisher & Phillips LLP, Irvine, California; Christopher C. Hoffman, Fisher & Phillips LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees (No. 11-56944, 11-57002), Defendants-Appellees (12-55064).

    Case Number: No. 11-56944 No. 11-57002 No. 12-55064

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8847 JOHN URBINO, for himself and on behalf of other current and former employees, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee,p

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  • California Dental Assoc. v. FTC

    Publication Date: 2000-09-06
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    Date Filed: 2000-09-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: CHOY and HALL, Circuit Judges, and REAL, District Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erik F. Dyhrkopp and Peter M. Sfikas
    for defendant: Michael S. Fried and John F. Daly

    Case Number: No. 96-70409

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. OPINIONHALL, Circuit Judge: After affirming our prior judgment in part and reversing in part, the United State

  • Alaska Wilderness League v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2013-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Richard C. Tallman, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colin C. O'Brien (briefed and argued), Earthjustice, Anchorage, Alaska; Eric P. Jorgensen, Earthjustice, Juneau, Alaska, for Petitioners.
    for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno and Angeline Purdy (briefed and argued), Assistant Attorneys General, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division; Alexander Fidis, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 10, United States Environmental Protection Agency; David Coursen, Office of General Counsel, United States Environmental Protection Agency, for Respondent. Duane A. Siler, Sarah C. Bordelon, and Tony G. Mendoza, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen M. Sullivan (briefed and argued), William B. Adams, and David S. Mader, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, New York, for Respondent-Intervenor. Samuel B. Boxerman, Jim Wedeking, and Lisa E. Jones, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington D.C.; Mara E. Zimmerman, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute. Cameron M. Leonard, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, for Amicus Curiae State of Alaska.

    Case Number: No. 12-71506

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8941 ALASKA WILDERNESS LEAGUE; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL; NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL C

  • In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litigation

    Publication Date: 2012-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos F. Lucero,* Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph R. Saveri, Brendan P. Glackin, and Andew S. Kingsdale, Leiff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, California; Merrill G. Davidoff (argued), Bart D. Cohen, and Michael J. Kane, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: W. Stephen Smith and Deanne E. Maynard (argued), Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Stern and Sylvia Rivera, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor-in-interest to Bank One, N.A. Sonya D. Winner (argued) and Anita F. Stork, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Bank of America, N.A. Stephen V. Bomse, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Suntrust Bank, Inc. David F. Graham and Eric H. Grush, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for defendants-appellees Citibank, N.A. and Citibank (West), FSB. Jack R. Nelson, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Wachovia Corp. Daniel M. Wall and Joshua N. Holian, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, California, and Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Servus Financial Corp. Peter E. Moll and Brian D. Wallach, Cadwalader, Wickcersham & Taft LLP, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees Concord EFS, Inc. and First Data Corp.

    Case Number: No. 10-17354

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7847 In re: ATM FEE ANTITRUST LITIGATION, PAMELA BRENNAN; TERRY CRAYTON; DARLA MARTINEZ, Plaintiffs-Appel