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  • January 5, 2012 | Daily Business Review

    Woman facing deportation wins reprieve

    A woman facing deportation who feared she would be beaten or killed for trying to protect her school-age daughter from genital mutilation in Senegal has won a reprieve from the 11th U.S. Circuit Co

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  • Pleasant-Bey v. United States

    Publication Date: 2010-02-11
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-04
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Oberly, Associate Judge
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    Case Number: 07-CF-706

    Argued November 13, 2009Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.Ali Pleasant-Bey was convicted of armed robbery, D.C. Code §§ 22-2801, -4502 (2

  • Uzamere v. Uzamere, 18012/09

    Publication Date: 2010-07-19
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    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Justice Arthur M. Schack
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff: Cheryl Uzamere, pro se
    for defendant: Atty for defs.—Allen Kaye, Allen Kay, PC, Harvey Shapiro Esq and Jack Goldstein, Esq. Defendant, Pro se: Bernard J Rostanski, Esq.
    Case Number: 18012/09

    Justice Arthur M. SchackDecided: July 13, 2010Plaintiff: Cheryl Uzamere, pro seAtty for defs.

  • August 20, 2007 | Legal Times

    Due Process for All Wizards

    "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the film version of the fifth book of J.K. Rowling's brilliantly creative story, is playing in theaters the world over while the final instal

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  • United States of America v. Buruji Kashamu

    Publication Date: 2011-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2011-09-01
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2782

    ARGUED MAY 2, 2011Before POSNER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.This appeal requires us to consider the collateral estoppel effect, if any, of findings made by foreign courts in extradi

  • April 16, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Court Grants In Loco Parentis Standing to Foster Father

    The Superior Court has granted in loco parentis standing to a Philadelphia foster father who had raised two children for most of their lives, reversing a Philadelphia Common Pleas judge's deci

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  • Richmond County Second Department Surrogate's Court,

    Publication Date: 2012-11-14
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    ESTATE OF ARCANGELO PINTO, A/K/A ARCANGELO M. PINTO, A/K/A MIKE PINTO Deceased (P-222/89 B) — Movant, Weitz & Luxenburg, P.C., is seeking an order for leave of court to amend the

  • August 28, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Dimas v. Texas State University System

    Click here for the full text of this decisionFACTS: In September 1999, Marisa Dimas, the appellant

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  • People v. Susan Mendelson, 2006NA 00602

    Publication Date: 2007-04-13
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    Date Filed: 2007-04-04
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    Judge: Sondra Pardes
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    Case Number: 2006NA 00602

    Judge Sondra K. Pardes NASSAU COUNTY District Court Town of Oyster Bay Attorney: Donna Swanson Attorneys for Defendant: Nixon Peabody, LLP Judge P

  • November 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Getting set for the next big thing

    We asked five top legal professionals to identify the growth opportunities in store for NLJ 250 law firms. Although the answer depends on firm size and focus, snagging the business that lies

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