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  • Seaview Trading, LLC v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

    Publication Date: 2017-06-07
    Practice Area: Tax | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Date Filed: 2017-06-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GARY FEINERMAN, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Benjamin Levin (argued), Jessica Barclay-Strobel, and Ronald L. Olson, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California; David W. Foster and Armando Gomez, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Petitioners-Appellants.
    for defendant: Andrew Weiner (argued) and Richard Farber, Attorneys; Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 15-71330

    Single-member LLC's status as disregarded entity did not preclude classification as pass-thru partner (M.D. Smith, J.)

  • MPS Merchant Services, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2016-09-08
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy
    Date Filed: 2016-09-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Danley, Cheryl M. Foley, John Lee Shepherd, Jr., and John N. Estes III, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioners MPS Merchant Services, Inc., and Illinova Corporation.
    for defendant: Beth G. Pacella, Deputy Solicitor; Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor; Max Minzner, General Counsel; Washington, D.C.; as and for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    Case Number: No. 15-73803 No. 15-73818 No. 15-73905 No. 15-73912 No. 16-70004 No. 16-70524 No. 16-70525 No. 16-70868

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 9946 MPS MERCHANT SERVICES, INC., Petitioner, CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Interve

  • United States v. DeCinces

    Publication Date: 2015-12-22
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-22
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Andrew J. Guilford, District Judge, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eileen M. Decker, United States Attorney, Robert E. Dugdale, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, Stephen A. Cazares (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Deputy Chief, Major Frauds Section, Mark R. Yohalem (argued), Lawrence E. Kole, Jennifer L. Waier, and Ivy A. Wang, Assistant United States Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Richard Marmaro, Douglas A. Smith, Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California; Clifford M. Sloan (argued), Michael A. McIntosh, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee/Defendant-Appellant James Mazzo.
    Case Number: No. 15-50033 No. 15-50058

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13435 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOUGLAS V.

  • Sam Francis Foundation v. Christies, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-05
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    Date Filed: 2015-05-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Marsha S. Berzon, Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric M. George (argued) and Ira Bibbero, Browne George Ross LLP, and Irving H. Greines and Gary D. Rowe, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Deanne E. Maynard (argued), Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C., and Paul T. Friedman, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California; John C. Dwyer, Angela L. Dunning, and Joshua M. Siegel, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, California; Michael G. Rhodes, San Francisco, California; Jason D. Russell, Hillary A. Hamilton, Allon Kedem, Michael McIntosh, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP , Los Angeles, California; and Steven A. Reiss, Howard B. Comet, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 12-56067 No. 12-56068 No. 12-56077

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 4335 SAM FRANCIS FOUNDATION; ESTATE OF ROBERT GRAHAM; CHUCK CLOSE; LADDIE JOHN DILL, Plaintiffs-Appell

  • People ex rel. Harris v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    Publication Date: 2015-04-29
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    Date Filed: 2015-04-29
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge and M. Margaret McKeown and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. McKeon (argued), Judith D. Cassel, and Whitney E. Snyder, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, Mark Breckler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Martin Goyette, Senior Assistant Attorney General, San Francisco, California; David M. Gustafson, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Beth G. Pacella (argued), Senior Attorney, David L. Morenoff, Acting General Counsel, and Robert H. Solomon, Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    Case Number: No. 12-71958

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 4100 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O FORNIA, ex rel. Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General; PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE O

  • Corber v. Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2014-11-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-11-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, Ronald M. Gould, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, Mary H. Murguia, Morgan Christen, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis M. Bograd (argued) & Andre M. Mura, Center for Constitutional Litigation, Washington, D.C.; Matthew J. Sill, Sill Law Group LLP, Edmond, Oklahoma; Andrew N. Chang and Stuart B. Esner (argued), Esner, Chang & Boyer, Pasadena, California; Elise R. Sanguinetti, Khorrami Boucher Sumner LLP, Oakland, California; James P. Sizemore, The Sizemore Law Firm, El Segundo, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Romo, Corber, et al.
    for defendant: Jay Lefkowitz (argued), Daniel A. Bress, and Danielle R. Sassoon, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, New York; Ginger Pigott, Amy B. Alderfer, and Karin L. Bohmholdt, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Lori G. Cohen & Victoria D. Lockard, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Elliot H. Scherker, Greenberg Traurig, PA, Miami, Florida, for Defendant-Appellant Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA, Inc.
    Case Number: No. 13-56306 No. 13-56310

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 13053 MARGALIT CORBER; RENE CARO; STEVE DANTZLER; LINDA SOWARDS; LORI HUISMAN; JOHNNY GEORGE, SR.; TERRY PERRY; WILLIAM RACKLEY; A

  • Laumann v. National Hockey League, 12-cv-1817

    Publication Date: 2014-08-13
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Edward A. Diver, Esq., Howard I. Langer, Esq., Peter E. Leckman, Esq., Langer Grogan & Diver, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Costello, Esq., Gary E. Klein, Esq., Klein Kavanagh Costello, LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Morris Buchman, Esq., John A. Ioannou, Esq., Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY. Alex Schmidt, Esq., Mary Jane Fait, Esq., Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY. Robert LaRocca, Esq., Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J. Douglas Richards, Esq., Jeffrey Dubner, Esq., Cohen, Milstein, Sellers & Toll, PLLC, New York, NY. For Defendants Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises Inc., MLB Advanced Media L.P., MLB Advanced Media, Inc., Athletics Investment Group, LLC, The Baseball Club of Seattle, L.L.P., Chicago White Sox, Ltd., Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd., The Phillies, Pittsburgh Baseball, Inc., and San Francisco Baseball Associates, L.P.: Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq., Carl Clyde Forbes, Esq., Helene Debra Jaffe, Esq., Jennifer R. Scullion, Esq., Robert Davis Forbes, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY. Thomas J. Ostertag, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, New York, NY. For Defendants National Hockey League, NHL Enterprises, L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises, LLC, Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Team, Inc., Comcast-Spectacor, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club, L.P. and San Jose Sharks, LLC: Shepard Goldfein, Esq., James A. Keyte, Esq., Paul M. Eckles, Esq., Matthew M. Martino, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, DIRECTV Sports Net Rocky Mountain, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Rocky Mountain, and DIRECTV Sports Net Northwest, LLC a/k/a Root Sports Northwest: Andrew E. Paris, Esq., Joann M. Wakana, Esq., Louis A. Karasik, Esq., Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, California. For Defendants Comcast Corporation, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, L.P., Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic L.P., Comcast SportsNet California, LLC, and Comcast SportsNet Chicago, LLC: Arthur J. Burke, Esq., James W. Haldin, Esq., Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, NY. For Yankees Entertainment and Sports Networks, LLC and New York Yankees Partnership: Jonathan D. Schiller, Esq., Alan Vickery, Esq., Christopher Duffy, Esq., Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants The Madison Square Garden Company and New York Rangers Hockey Club: Stephen R. Neuwirth, Esq., Richard I. Werder, Jr., Esq., Ben M. Harrington, Esq., Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver and Sullivan LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 12-cv-1817 (SAS)

    Cite as: Laumann v. NHL, 12-cv-1817 (SAS), NYLJ 1202666533805, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 4, 2014) 12-cv-1817 (SAS) District Judge Shira A. Sche

  • Alaska Stock, LLC v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

    Publication Date: 2014-03-18
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    Date Filed: 2014-03-18
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: H. Russel Holland, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain,* Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice Harmon (argued), Harmon & Seidman LLC, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Christopher Seidman, Autumn W. Boyd, and Craig F. Wallace, Harmon & Seidman LLC, Grand Junction, Colorado; Brent R. Cole, Marston & Cole PC, Anchorage, Alaska, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: J. Russell Jackson (argued), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York; Daniel C. Kent, Birch, Horton, Bittner, and Cherot, Anchorage, Alaska, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 10-36010

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. ALASKA STOCK, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

  • Stout v. Freescore, LLC

    Publication Date: 2014-02-21
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    Date Filed: 2014-02-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Brian M. Cogan, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron D. Radbil (argued), Weisberg & Meyers LLC, Cooper City, Florida; Todd M. Friedman, Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, P.C., Beverly Hills, California, for Plaintiff- Appellant.
    for defendant: Darrel J. Hieber (argued), Jason D. Russell, and Jennifer E. LaGrange, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 10-56887

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1780 KEVIN STOUT, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appella

  • Lee v. Intelius Inc.

    Publication Date: 2013-12-16
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    Date Filed: 2013-12-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding Before: David M. Ebel,* William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Armstrong (argued), pro se, Anchorage, Alaska, Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Joyce Weaver Johnson (argued), Assistant Municipal Attorney; Dennis A. Wheeler, Municipal Attorney, Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, for Defendants-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 11-35810

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 13446 DONOVAN LEE, individually and on behalf of all o similarly situated; BRUCE KEITHLY, individually and on behalf of all o