• July 23, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Sentence Reversed Over Drug Quantity

    A U.S. SUPREME Court ruling mandating that any fact increasing a sentence beyond the statutory maximum must be alleged in the indictment and proven beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury has been appl

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  • United States v. Caremark Inc.

    Publication Date: 2011-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-02-24
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Haynes, Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 09-50727,, Consolidated with, No. 09-51053

    United States Court of Appeals Fifth CircuitFILEDLyle W. Cayce ClerkBefore BARKSDALE, DENNIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.The United States (the "Government") and the States of Arkansas,

  • Albert Robertson v. Sea Pines Real Estate Companies, Incorporated, A/K/A the Sea Pines Real Estate Company

    Publication Date: 2012-05-16
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-14
    Court: 4th Cir.
    Judge: Wilkinson, Circuit Judge:
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    Case Number: 11-1538,, No. 11-1539,, No. 11-1540,, No. 11-1541

    PUBLISHEDArgued: March 20, 2012Before WILKINSON, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.Affirmed and remanded by published opinion. Wilkin- son wrote the opinion, in which King and

  • Xerox Corp. v. 3Com Corp.

    Publication Date: 2001-10-09
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-05
    Court: Fed. Cir.
    Judge: Mayer, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 00-1464

    Appealed from: United States District Court for the Western District of New YorkSenior Judge Michael A. TelescaOpinion for the court filed by Chief Judge MAYER. Concurring opinion filed by Circu

  • Public Citizen, Inc. v. Office of Management and Budget

    Publication Date: 2009-06-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-19
    Court: DC Cir.
    Judge: Tatel, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-5004

    Argued February 13, 2009Before: ROGERS and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.S

  • Jordan v. Fayette County Board of Assessment Appeals

    Publication Date: 2001-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2001-08-20
    Court: Pa. Commw. Ct.
    Judge: Judge Leadbetter
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    Case Number: 2738 C.D. 2000

    Argued: May 9, 2001This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County sustaining preliminary objections to a class action suit challenging the assessment methods used i

  • Thompson v. Upshur County, Tx.

    Publication Date: 2001-03-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-15
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Garwood, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 99-41023

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of TexasIn this 42 U.S.C. � 1983 and state law suit for damages arising from the death of Michael Thompson (Thompson), a pretri

  • September 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Joining Trend, 3rd Circuit Upholds Jails' Blanket Strip-Search Policy

    For decades, it was well settled in federal law that jails cannot employ a blanket strip-search policy that includes even those arrested on minor offenses whose behavior would not trigger any reaso

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  • June 26, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Intellectual Property Litigation

    For years, the Supreme Court rarely, if ever, decided to review patent rulings of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, seemingly reflecting the view that, as a specialized court, the Feder

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  • Shames v. California Travel and Tourism Commission

    Publication Date: 2010-11-24
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Marilyn L. Huff, United States District Judge, Presiding Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert C. Fellmeth (argued), Center for Public Interest Law, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, and Donald G. Rez (briefed), Sullivan, Hill, Lewin, Rez & Engel, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: W. Scott Cameron (argued) and Charles L. Post (briefed), Weintraub Genshlea Chediak, Sacramento, California, and Diane Shaw (briefed), Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

    Case Number: No. 08-56750

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 14693MICHAEL SHAMES and GARY GRAMKOW, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, p class="casen