• United States v. Barbara Renor Jasper

    Publication Date: 2003-11-21
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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    U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Leisure On March 21, 2003, following a two-week jury trial, defendant Barbara Renor Jasper was convicted of on

  • January 3, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Late Breaking Deals in 2010 Paint Rosy M&A Picture for 2011

    Almost 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced during the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break and the short period before. We couldn't let them pass by without offerin

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  • Frank Van Den Bosch v. Rick Raemisch, et al

    Publication Date: 2011-09-22
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    Date Filed: 2011-09-15
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Pallmeyer, District Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 09-4112 , 10-1408

    ARGUED DECEMBER 1, 2010Before BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and PALLMEYER, District Judge.*fn1These consolidated appeals present constitutional challe

  • In re Marriage of J.B.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-31
    Court: Tx. App. Dist. 5
    Judge: Kerry P. Fitzgerald Justice
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    Case Number: 05-09-01170-CV

    REVERSE and REMANDOPINIONBefore Justices Bridges, FitzGerald, and FillmoreDoes a Texas district court have subject-matter jurisdiction over a divorce case arising from a same-sex marriage tha

  • April 18, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

    Case Summaries

    Editor's note: What follows are summaries of state and federal appellate court opinions issued from March 28 to April 8. The list is organized by court and practice area. Names of the cas

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  • Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-09-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-09-08
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Watt, Ben Wizner (argued), Jameel Jaffer and Steven R. Shapiro, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, New York; Ann Brick and Julia Harumi Mass, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP, Venice, California; Hope Metcalf, National Litigation Project, Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Clive Stafford-Smith and Zachary KatzNelson, Reprieve, London, England, for plaintiff-appellant Binyam Mohamed. Margaret L. Satterthwaite and Amna Akbar, International Human Rights Clinic, Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., New York, New York, for plaintiff-appellant Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah.
    for defendant: Daniel P. Collins (argued), Paul J. Watford, Mark R. Yohalem and Henry Weissmann, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. Ian Heath Gershengorn, Michael F. Hertz, Joseph P. Russoniello, Douglas N. Letter (argued), Sharon Swingle and Michael P. Abate, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for intervenor-appellee United States of America. Gary Bostwick and Jean-Paul Jassy, Bostwick & Jassy LLP, Los Angeles, California, for amici curiae Professors William G. Weaver and Robert M. Pallitto. Barbara Moses and David J. Stankiewicz, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, New York; Aziz Huq and Jonathan Hafetz, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York, New York, for amici curiae former United States diplomats. Wiliam J. Aceves, California Western School of Law, San Diego, California; Gerald Staberock and Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland; Carla Ferstman, Lorna McGregor and Lucy Moxham, REDRESS, London, United Kingdom; Denna R. Hurwitz, Human Rights Program, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for amici curiae REDRESS and the International Commission of Jurists. Stephen I. Vladeck, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.; Natalie L. Bridgeman, Law Offices of Natalie L. Bridgeman, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae professors of constitutional law, federal jurisdiction and foreign relations law. Andrew G. McBride, Thomas R. McCarthy and Stephen J. Obermeier, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation. Richard R. Wiebe, Law Office of Richard R. Wiebe, San Francisco, California; Cindy A. Cohn, Lee Tien, Kurt Opsahl, Kevin S. Bankston, Corynne Mcherry and James S. Tyre, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation. James M. Ringer, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Commonwealth Lawyers Association and JUSTICE.

    Case Number: No. 08-15693

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11814 BINYAM MOHAMED; ABOU ELKASSIM BRITEL; AHMED AGIZA; MOHAMED FARAG AHMAD BASHMILAH; BISHER AL-RAWI, Plaintiffs-Appellants, p class=

  • In re: Herald, Primeo, and Thema, 12-156-cv (L)

    Publication Date: 2013-09-18
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Parker, Carney, C.JJ, and Rakoff, D.J.**
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    Case Number: 12-156-cv (L)

    Cite as: In re: Herald, Primeo, and Thema, 12-156-cv (L), NYLJ 1202619704857, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided September 16, 2013) 12-156-cv (L) Before: Pa

  • January 4, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Late Surge in Billion Dollar Deals Hints at Rosy 2011 for BigLaw

    Almost 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced during the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break and the short period before. We couldn't let them pas

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  • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. RDR Books, 07 Civ. 9667

    Publication Date: 2008-09-12
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-08
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Robert Patterson
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    Case Number: 07 Civ. 9667

    District Judge Robert P. Patterson U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Attorneys for Plaintiffs: Attn: Dale Margaret Cendali O'Melveny &am