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  • Directors Guild of America v. Tise

    Publication Date: 2000-12-07
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    Date Filed: 2000-12-06
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: NOONAN, THOMAS and BERZON, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey W. Shopoff
    for defendant: Ronald Dean
    Case Number: No. 96-16799

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BERZON, Circuit Judge: This interpleader action requires us to interpret the scope of the Qualified Domestic Rela

  • Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Fung

    Publication Date: 2013-03-21
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Harry Pregerson, Raymond C. Fisher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul M. Smith (argued), Steven B. Fabrizio, William M. Hohengarten, Duane C. Pozza, Garret A. Levin, Caroline D. Lopez, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C.; Karen R. Thorland, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Sherman Oaks, California; Gianni P. Servodidio, Jenner & Block LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Andrew H. Schapiro, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for amicus curiae Google, Inc.
    for defendant: Ira P. Rothken, Esq. (argued), Robert L. Kovsky, Esq., and Jared R. Smith, Esq. of Rothken Law Firm, Novato, California, for Defendant-Appellants.
    Case Number: No. 10-55946

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3153COLUMB

  • Stephan v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America

    Publication Date: 2012-09-12
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marilyn H. Patel, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Robert E. Cowen,* and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. DeBofsky, Daley, DeBofsky & Bryant, Chicago, Illinois; Terrence J. Coleman and Brian H. Kim, Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the appellant.
    for defendant: Anna M. Martin and Kevin G. Gill, Rimac Martin, P.C., San Francisco, California, for the respondent.
    Case Number: No. 10-16840

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10544 MARK STEPHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,

  • Peralta v. Dillard

    Publication Date: 2013-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2013-01-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: James V. Selna, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Marco A. Hernandez, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Milosavljevic, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Janine K. Jeffery, Reily & Jeffery, Northridge, California, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Case Number: No. 09-55907

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 188CION ADONIS PERALTA, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.T.C. DILLARD, Chief Dental Officer; S. B

  • UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC

    Publication Date: 2013-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Raymond C. Fisher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven A. Marenberg (argued), Brian D. Ledahl and Carter Batsell, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Michael S. Elkin (argued), Thomas P. Lane (argued), Jennifer A. Golinveaux and Erin R. Ranahan, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Robert G. Badal (argued), Joel S. Cavanaugh and Emily S. Churg, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Los Angeles, California; Glen L. Kulik (argued) and Alisa S. Edelson, Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel, LLP, Sherman Oaks, California, for Defendants-Appellees
    Case Number: No. 09-55902 No. 09-56777 No. 10-55732

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 2751UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation; UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP., a New York corporation; SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC., a Californi

  • Barnes-Wallace v. City of San Diego

    Publication Date: 2012-12-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-12-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Napoleon A. Jones, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Before: William C. Canby, Jr., Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark W. Danis, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Francisco, California; M. Andrew Woodmansee, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants–Cross-Appellees.
    for defendant: Scott H. Christensen, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Washington, D.C.; George A. Davidson and Carla A. Kerr, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants-Appellees–Cross-Appellants. Sheldon T. Bradshaw, David K. Flynn, Eric W. Treene and Angela Miller, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States. Paul Rosenzweig, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Legion. Matthew F. Stowe, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Texas, for Amici Curiae States of Texas, Alabama, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Virginia. Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Derek L. Gaubatz and Roger T. Severino, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. John C. Eastman, Orange, California, for Amicus Curiae Claremont Institute Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. Peter Ferrara, McLean, Virginia, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Rights Union. Eric Alan Isaacson, Michelle M. Ciccarelli and Alreen Haeggquist, San Diego, California; Rev. Silvio Nardoni, Glendale, California; Susan Kay Weaver, El Cajon, California, for Amici Curiae Social Justice Committee and Board of Trustees of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego; its Ministers, the Rev. Arvid Straube and the Rev. Julie Kain; its Director of Religious Education, Elizabeth Motander Jones; the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry California; the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Angela Sierra, Office of the Attorney General for the State of California, for Amicus Curiae State of California. Ayesha N. Khan and Alex J. Luchenitser, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State. John H. Findley and Harold E. Johnson, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Robert J. Muise and Julie Schotzbarger, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Amicus Curiae Thomas More Law Center. Paul A. Hoffman, Santa Ana, California, for Amicus Curiae Individual Rights Foundation.
    Case Number: No. 04-55732 No. 04-56167

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 13859MITCHELL BARNES-W ; MAXWELL BREEN; LORI BARNES W ; LYNN BARNES W

  • Tsao v. Desert Palace, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-10-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert Clive Jones, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge,* Stephen Reinhardt and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Nersesian of Nersesian and Sankiewicz, Las Vegas, Nevada, for plaintiff-appellant Laurie Tsao.
    for defendant: Thomas D. Dillard, Philip S. Gerson, and David M. Jones of Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Desert Palace, Inc. Micah S. Echols and Craig R. Anderson of Marquis & Aurbach, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Travis Crumrine.
    Case Number: No. 09-16233 No. 09-17535

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 11967LAURIE TSAO, AKA Laurie Chang, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.DESERT PALACE, INC.; T. CRUM

  • Hibbs v. Department of Human Resources

    Publication Date: 2001-12-14
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    Date Filed: 2001-12-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Stephen Reinhardt, A. Wallace Tashima, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: No. 99-16321

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. TASHIMA, Circuit Judge: William Hibbs brought suit in district court against the Nevada Department of Human Resour