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  • People v. Cruz

    Publication Date: 2012-07-03
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-03
    Court: C.A. 5th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Rachelle A. Newcomb and Darren K. Indermill, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Paul Stubb, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. F062189

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 7662 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MANUEL MIRAMONTES CRUZ, JR., Defendant a

  • July 5, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    Corralling Punitives: High Court Finds Ratio of Exemplary to Actual Damages Too High

    The sky is not the limit when a jury assesses a large punitivedamage award against a civil defendant — even when such damages are justified and not capped by statute — according

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  • Smith v. GTE Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-15
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    Date Filed: 2001-01-04
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: CARNES and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK*, District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: No. 99-12833

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. CARNES, Circuit Judge:In this putative class action suit, the plaintiffs assert various state law claims base

  • Jones v. Ryan

    Publication Date: 2013-10-21
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    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David C. Bury, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona; Timothy M. Gabrielson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General of Arizona; Jeffrey A. Zick, Chief Counsel; Lacey Stover Gard, Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey L. Sparks, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 13-16928 No. 13-73647

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 11569 ROBERT GLEN JONES, Jr., Petitioner - Appellant, v. CHARLES RYA

  • Whitley v. Ercole, 06 Civ. 10198

    Publication Date: 2007-09-25
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    Date Filed: 2007-09-19
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Alvin Hellerstein
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    Case Number: 06 Civ. 10198

    District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Plaintiff's Attorney: Barry Ostrager Juan Alberto Arteaga Simps

  • The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff v. Juan Carlos Sanchez, Defendant, 757/91

    Publication Date: 2010-11-24
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    Court: Supreme Court, Queens County, Part K-19
    Judge: Justice: Stephen A. Knopf
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    Case Number: 757/91

    Cite as: People v. Sanchez, 757/91, NYLJ 1202475261309, at *1 (Sup., QU, Decided November 10, 2010) Justice: Stephen A. KnopfDecided: Nov

  • May 20, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    'Padilla': Why Criminal Attorneys Do Not Have a Right to Remain Silent

    Citizens of the United States and non-citizens alike sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Both face criminal sanctions as a result of their criminal activity, including fines, be

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  • September 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Circuit Rejects Restitution for Victim of Child Porn

    A defendant who viewed pornographic images of a child cannot be forced to pay for the victim's counseling costs because she cannot show that his actions caused the trauma that made the treatment ne

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  • Reed v. United Teachers Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2012-08-13
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-10
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Foerster, Miriam A. Vogel, Jack Londen, Sean Gates, Hailly T.N. Korman; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Mark D. Rosenbaum, David Sapp, Brooks M. Allen; Public Counsel Law Center, Catherine E. Lhamon, Maureen Carroll, Laura Faer and Hernan Vera, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
    for defendant: Holguin, Garfield, Martinez & Quiñonez, Jesús E. Quiñonez; Altshuler Berzon, Stephen P. Berzon, Jeffrey B. Demain, Eileen B. Goldsmith, Danielle E. Leonard, and P. Casey Pitts, for Defendant and Appellant. California Department of Education, Amy Bisson Holloway and Edmundo Aguilar for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant. David R. Holmquist, Alexander A. Molina, Marcos F. Hernandez, Aram Kouyoumdjian; Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Mary L. Dowell and Meredith G. Karasch, for Defendant and Respondent Los Angeles Unified School District. Kirkland & Ellis, Diana M. Torres and Elisa L. Miller, for Defendant and Respondent Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Horvitz & Levy, Robert H. Wright, Jeremy B. Rosen and Josephine K. Mason for Senator Bob Huff, Senator Gloria Romero (Ret.), Democrats for Education Reform, Communities for Teaching Excellence, Families in Schools, Lanai Road Education Action Committee, Reverend Eric P. Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference — Los Angeles, Rabbi Ron Stern, Members of the Public Education Advocacy Group of Stephen S. Wise Temple, Adam Kuppersmith, Karen Sykes-Orpe, Matthew J. Orique, and Lindi Williams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents. Peter B. Morrison, George C. Fatheree III and Winston P. Hsiao for Certain Individual Members of United Teachers Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.
    Case Number: No. B230817

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9196 SHARAIL REED et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES,

  • People v. Cornett

    Publication Date: 2010-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-06
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant:Orzo William Childs, By appointment, First District Appellate, Project, independent case system
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent:Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Atty. General, Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Super. Deputy A.G., Moona Nandi, Deputy Attorney General
    Case Number: No. A123957

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 15159THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL DAVID CORNETT, Defendant and Appellan