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  • Esther Kiobel, individually and on behalf of her late husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, 06-4800-cv

    Publication Date: 2010-09-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Cabranes, C.JJ
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul L. Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP, Venice, CA (Stephen A. Whinston, Carey R. D?Avino, Keino R. Robinson, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Jeffrey J. Keyes, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN (Mark Girouard, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for amici curiae International Law Professors in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Naomi Roht-Arriaza, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae International Law Scholars Cherif Bassiouni, et al. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants. Judith Brown Chomsky (Jennifer M. Green, on the brief), Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY (Marcos Simons, Richard Herz, Earthrights International, Washington, DC, on the brief), for amici curiae Wiwa Plaintiffs in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Rowan D. Wilson (Rory O. Millson, Thomas G. Rafferty, Michael T. Reynolds, on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
    Case Number: 06-4800-cv

    Cite as: Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., 06-4800-cv, NYLJ 1202472235126, at *1a,2a (2d Cir., Decided September 17, 2010)Before: Jacobs, Ch.J, Leval, and Ca

  • Johnson v. The Long Island Railroad Co., 03-CV-102

    Publication Date: 2007-01-23
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    Date Filed: 2007-01-04
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Kenneth Karas
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    U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Frederic M. Gold, Esq. Sable & Gold Counsel for Plaintiff Christopher P. Yodice, Esq

  • October 11, 2007 | The Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin

    Exploring the Option of Product Recall Insurance

    In recent months, it has seemed that barely a week has gone by without the announcement of a major product recall, whether it be of pet food (tainted with a wheat gluten additive), toothpaste (cont

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  • July 9, 1999 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Doctor off Hook For Injuries To Third Parties

    Doctors in Pennsylvania can breathe a sigh of relief now that the state high court has decided an opthalmologist can't be held liable for the death of a woman in a car accident caused by the doctor

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  • April 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Using the Forum Non Conveniens Doctrine With Foreign Victims

    The forum non conveniens doctrine provides federal district courts with broad discretion to dismiss otherwise viable actions, in particular those brought by non-U.S. residents.1 In recen

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  • May 7, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Realty Law Digest

    Environmental - New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) - Court Rejects Challenges to Approval of Atlantic Terminal Redevelopment Project - Definition of Blight - Agency's R

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  • Frame v. City of Arlington

    Publication Date: 2010-08-26
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-23
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: E. Grady Jolly, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-10630

    Published opinionBefore JOLLY, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.The petition for rehearing is GRANTED. We withdraw our prior opinion, Frame v. City of Arlington, 575 F.3d 432 (5th Cir. 2009)

  • August 19, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Brown v. JEVIC

    Brown v. JEVIC, No. 08-4789; Third Circuit; opinion by Hardiman, C.J.; decided July 31, 2009. Before Judges Sloviter, Hardiman and Pollak, sitting by designation. On appeal from the District of Ne

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  • Comperry v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-10
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Jeffrey V. Brown Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 14-11-00616-CR

    Affirmed and Opinion filed July 10, 2012. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals OPINION Appellant Benjamin Claude Comperry pleaded "guilty" to misdemeanor driving wh

  • Parker v Mobil Oil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2006-10-17
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    Court: New York State Court of Appeals
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    Case Number: 107

    Decided on October 17, 2006 No. 107 [*1]Eric Parker, Appellant,