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  • January 1, 2006 |

    Punitive Damages: How Much Is Too Much?

    In June 2005, in two companion decisions, the California Supreme Court for the first time interpreted a line of recent, landmark U.S. Supreme Court opinions on punitive damages. In so doing, the Ca

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  • Lopez v. Fischer, 06 Civ. 4760

    Publication Date: 2007-05-11
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    Date Filed: 2007-04-26
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Alvin Hellerstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 06 Civ. 4760

    District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Judge Hellerstein Petitioner Dencil Lopez, currently an inmate at Sing

  • The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff v. Franday T. Ortega, Defendant, 2008NY012378

    Publication Date: 2010-10-08
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    Court: Criminal Court, New York County, Part SA
    Judge: Judge Anthony J. Ferrara
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: The defendant was represented by Stephen J. Singer, Esq., Sparrow, Singer & Schreiber, Kew Gardens, New York The People were represented by ADA Erin Tierney, Esq., New York County District Attorney's Office, New York, New York *1
    Case Number: 2008NY012378

    Cite as: People v. Ortega, 2008NY012378, NYLJ 1202472975377, at *1 (Crim., NY, Decided September 28, 2010)Judge Anthony J. FerraraDecided

  • November 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Unlikely Source May Be Raising Summary Judgment Bar

    During the past three years, the U.S. Supreme Court has raised the standards for the specificity of pleadings in

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  • People v. Anzalone

    Publication Date: 2013-04-15
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    Date Filed: 2013-04-15
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Stan Helfman, Laurence K. Sullivan, Sharon G. Birenbaum and Michael Chamberlain, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: J. Courtney Shevelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Gabriel Bassan, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S192536

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3628THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTINA MARIE ANZALONE

  • Bess v. Spitzer, 06 CV 2772

    Publication Date: 2006-11-29
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    Date Filed: 2006-11-18
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
    Judge: Arthur Spatt
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    Case Number: 06 CV 2772

    U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Moore International Law Office Attorneys for the Plaintiff By: Scott M. Moore, Esq., of Counsel Elio

  • Joel Spigelman v. USA, 10 Civ. 7579 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2012-09-11
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner (Pro Se): Joel Spigelman, # 57380-004, USP Coleman, Coleman, FL.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Michael D. Maimin, Assistant United States Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, SDNY, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 10 Civ. 7579 (SAS)

    Cite as: Joel Spigelman v. USA, 10 Civ. 7579 (SAS), NYLJ 1202570863738, at *1 (SDNY, Decided August 21, 2012)District Judge Shira A. Scheindlinp clas

  • Fischer v. State

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-29
    Court: Tex. Crim. App.
    Judge: Hervey, J.
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    Case Number: PD-1613-07

    Hervey, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., Johnson, Keasler, Holcomb and Cochran, JJ., joined. Womack, J., filed a concurring opinion in which Meyers, J., joined. Cochran, J

  • Keenan v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County

    Publication Date: 2002-02-21
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-21
    Court: Cal. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: BAXTER, J.,GEORGE, C.J.,KENNARD, J.,WERDEGAR, J., CHIN, J., MORENO, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: No. S080284

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. We confront a claim that California's "Son of Sam law" facially violates constitutional protections of speech by appr

  • Tex-Air Helicopters, Inc. v. Galveston County Appraisal Review Board

    Publication Date: 2002-03-25
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    Date Filed: 2002-03-21
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Wanda McKee Fowler, Justice
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    Case Number: 14-00-00869-CV

    AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED AND OPINION FILED MARCH 21, 2002.OPINIONThis case involves a dispute over property taxes owed by appellant Tex-Air Helicopters, Inc. on five helicopters for tax years 1994 a