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In re Reno

Publication Date: 2012-08-30
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Date Filed: 2012-08-30
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bill Lockyer, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Joseph P. Lee, Robert David Breton and Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California. Kent S. Scheidegger for Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent State of California. Michael Laurence for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center and California Public Defenders Association as Amici Curiae. Michael J. Hersek, State Public Defender, and Nina Rivkind, Deputy State Public Defender, for the Office of the State Public Defender as Amicus Curiae. Cliff Gardner; Lawrence A. Gibbs; and John T. Philipsborn for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern and Central Districts and the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amici Curiae.
for defendant: James S. Thomson, Saor Stetler and Peter Giannini, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner Reno.
Case Number: No. S124660

Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10049 In re RENO on Habeas Corpus. No. S124660 In the Supreme Court of Califor

August 11, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Lerner, plaintiffs-appellants v. Fleet Bank NA, defendants-appellees

Decided Aug. 8, 2006Before Walker, Ch.J.; Kearse and Sack, C.JJ. Appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Frederic Block, Ju

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Celis v. State

Publication Date: 2011-09-03
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Date Filed: 2011-08-31
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 13
Judge: Rogelio Valdez Chief Justice
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Case Number: NUMBERS 13-09-00477-CR, 13-09-00478-CR

OPINIONBefore Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and PerkesOpinion by Chief Justice ValdezAppellant, Mauricio Rodriguez Celis, was convicted of fourteen counts of falsely holdin

January 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

Deals and Suits

SonyMGM Even in his late eighties, Kirk Kerkorian is a relentless dealmaker. The mogul agreed on September 13 to sell Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., in which he owns a 72 percent sta

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February 4, 2003 | Legal Times

Losing Talent to the Federal Bench

For law firms, it is one of the perils of success. When a key partner leaves for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, how does a firm make up for the loss?While losing a partne

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November 3, 2003 | Legal Times

Counting the Clerks

Five years after the lack of diversity among the Supreme Court's law clerks became an issue, diversity -- not just of the racial and gender variety -- seems to have taken hold and become more

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In re Guardianship of Whitt

Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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Date Filed: 2013-07-30
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
Judge: Kem Thompson Frost Justice
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Case Number: 14-12-00572-CV

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 11-CPR-02352

December 27, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

Scandals Eclipse An Eventful Year

When Gov. James McGreevey announced his resignation in a sex scandal in August, he gave TV comedians another reason to snicker at New Jersey and knocked out the other contenders for the state'

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October 8, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Three Common Pleas Judges Fail to Get Bar Panel OK

Three common pleas judges -- Genece E. Brinkley and Tama Myers Clark from the family court division and Thomas D. Watkins from the trial division -- have failed to earn recommendations for ret

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October 2, 2006 | The American Lawyer

How a Global 100 Firm Became a Profit Powerhouse

In addition to purchasing an equity stake in their firm, most new partners at the English law firm Slaughter and May buy a napkin ring, too. After Slaughter partners finish their lunch in th

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