• Perfectly Fresh Farms, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture

    Publication Date: 2012-08-28
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Harry Pregerson, Raymond C. Fisher, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barry Sexton (argued) and Stephen T. Kitagawa, Paul R. Roper, P.C., Orange, California, for petitioner Thomas Bennett. Christopher F. Bryan (argued), Law Office of Christopher F. Bryan, Los Angeles, California, for petitioners Perfectly Fresh Consolidation, Inc., Perfectly Fresh Farms, Inc., Perfectly Specialties, Inc., and Jeffrey Lon Duncan.
    for defendant: James Michael Kelley, Marc. L. Kesselman, Leslie K. Lagomarcino (argued), and Brian J. Sonfield, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for respondent U.S. Department of Agriculture.

    Case Number: No. 09-72434 No. 09-72535

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9842 PERFECTLY FRESH FARMS, INC.; PERFECTLY FRESH CONSOLIDATION, INC.; PERFECTLY FRESH SPECIALTIES, INC.; JEFFREY LON DUNCAN, Petiti

  • United States v. Grant

    Publication Date: 2012-06-11
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-11
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andr� Birotte Jr., United States Attorney, Robert E. Dugdale, Assistant United States Attorney, Kristen A. Williams (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.
    for defendant: Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Matthew B. Larsen (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant James Grant, III.

    Case Number: No. 11-50036

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6372 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES GRANT, III, Defendant-Ap

  • 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

  • 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

  • Brown v. Mayle

    Publication Date: 2002-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Circuit Judge BERZON
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 99-17261

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. BERZON, Circuit Judge: Earnest Bray, Jr. and Richard Napoleon Brown were each convicted of petty theft, Bray for

  • Jones v. McDaniel

    Publication Date: 2013-06-10
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    Date Filed: 2013-06-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert A. McQuaid, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: Marsha S. Berzon and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges, and Lee. H. Rosenthal, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Walters (argued) and Jorge Nicolas Anwandter (argued), Law Students, under the supervision of Erwin Chemerinsky, Peter Afrasiabi, and Kathryn Davis, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Irvine, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Clark G. Leslie (argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Catherine Cortez Masto, Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 10-16658

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5833CHRISTOPHER A. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.E. K. MCDANIEL; MA RK

  • National Association of Optometrists & Opticians v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2012-06-13
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    Date Filed: 2012-06-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Procter Hug, Jr., Richard A. Paez, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lois A. Schechter, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, California, Deanne E. Maynard, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C., for the appellants.
    for defendant: Sherry L. Ledakis, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, California, for the appellees.

    Case Number: No. 10-16233

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6450 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OPTOMETRISTS & OPTICIANS; LENSCRAFTERS, INC.; EYE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appella

  • United States v. Romo-Chavez

    Publication Date: 2012-05-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Frank R. Zapata, Senior District Judge, Presiding
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce M. Ferg, Assistant United States Attorney, Tucson, Arizona, argued the cause and filed the brief for the appellee. With him on the brief were Dennis K. Burke, United States Attorney and Christina M. Cabanillas, Appellate Chief, for the District of Arizona.
    for defendant: M. Edith Cunningham, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Tucson, Arizona, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the appellant. With her on the briefs was Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona.

    Case Number: No. 10-10424

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 5560 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff lee, v. CLAUDIO ROMO-CHAVEZ, Defendant

  • United States v. Needham

    Publication Date: 2013-06-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-06-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas F. McCormick (argued), Dennise D. Willett, and Anne C. Gannon, Assistant United States Attorneys; and André Birotte Jr., United States Attorney, Santa Ana, California, for Appellee.
    for defendant: Matthew B. Larsen (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender and Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 12-50097

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 6037UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.NICHOLAS JAMES NEE

  • Dishman v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of North America

    Publication Date: 2001-05-09
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Robert R. Beezer, Thomas G. Nelson, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Shardlow and Patricia G. Vick
    for defendant: Lesley C. Green and Russell G. Petti, et al.

    Case Number: Dishman v. UNUM

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: UNUM Life Insurance Company of America ("UNUM" ) appeals a bench trial judgment and