• Western Watersheds Project v. Abbey

    Publication Date: 2013-06-07
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    Date Filed: 2013-06-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Sam E. Haddon, District Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Woodbury, Western Watersheds Project, Missoula, Montana, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Robert Parke Stockman (argued), Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, Tyler Welti, Rachel K. Bowen, and David C. Shilton, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington D.C.; Sarah Shattuck and Karan Dunnigan, Of Counsel, Office of the Solicitor General, United States Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., for Defendants-Appellees. Hertha L. Lund (argued), Lund Law, Bozeman, Montana; Steven J. Lechner and Jeffrey Wilson McCoy, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, Colorado, for Intervenors-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 11-35705

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5770WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, a nonprofit organization; GLENN MONAHAN, in his individual capacity and as a member of Western Wate

  • Haskell v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2012-02-23
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-23
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding Before: William A. Fletcher and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and James Dale Todd, Senior District Judge.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael T. Risher (argued), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, Inc., San Francisco, California, and Peter C. Meier and Eric A. Long, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Powell, Deputy Attorney General (argued), Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California, James M. Humes, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jonathan K. Renner, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Constance L. LeLouis, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Enid A. Camps, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees. Daniel J. Broderick, Federal Defender, David Porter, Assistant Federal Defender, Rachelle Barbour, Research and Writing Attorney, Sacramento, California, and John T. Philipsborn, San Francisco, California, for amici curiae Federal Defender of the Eastern and Southern Districts of California, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Jonathan S. Franklin, Tillman J. Breckenridge, and Mark T. Emery, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae DNA Saves. Anne Marie Schubert, Albert C. Locher, Jan Scully, and W. Scott Thorpe, Sacramento, California, for amicus curiae California District Attorneys Association.

    Case Number: No. 10-15152

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 2163 ELIZABETH AIDA HASKELL; REGINALD ENTO; JEFFREY PATRICK LYONS, JR.; AAKASH DESAI, on behalf of themselves and others similarly sit

  • Salameh v. Tarsadia Hotel

    Publication Date: 2013-08-13
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-13
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ronald M. Gould and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Aguirre (argued), Christopher S. Morris, and Maria C. Severson, Aguirre, Morris & Severson LLP, San Diego, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Frederick H. Kranz (argued) and Lynn T. Galuppo, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, Irvine, California; Jonathan S. Kitchen and Ali P. Hamidi, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Tarsadia Hotels, Tushar Patel, B.U. Patel, Gregory Casserly, 5th Rock, LLC, MKP One, LLC, and Gaslamp Holdings, LLC.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Benjamin (argued) and Thomas W. McNamara, Ballard Spahr LLP, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellee Playground Destination Properties, Inc. Mark D. Cahn, Jacob H. Stillman, Randall W. Quinn, William K. Shirey, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Securities and Exchange Commission. Benjamin G. Shatz, Timi A. Hallem, and Jason T. Taketa, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae The Real Estate Roundtable and The National Association of Realtors.

    Case Number: No. 11-55479

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8843 TAMER SALAMEH; REAL ESTATE 4 HOSPITALITY, LLC, a California limited liability company; ALEKSEY KATS; DIANA KATS; MITCHELL J.

  • United States v. Del Toro-Barboza

    Publication Date: 2012-03-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Thomas J. Whelan, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Haring P. Raghupathi (argued), Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant Israel Del Toro-Barboza. Andrew K. Nietor (argued), San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant Adin Del Toro-Barboza.
    for defendant: Daniel E. Butcher (argued), Laura E. Duffy, and Bruce R. Castetter, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, California for appellee United States.

    Case Number: No. 10-50487 No. 10-50491

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 2999 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ISRAEL DEL TORO-BARBOZA, Defen

  • Biller v. Toyota Motor Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-02-03
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. King, District Judge, Presiding Before: John T. Noonan, Ronald M. Gould, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dimitrios P. Biller, Pacific Palisades, California, appellant, Pro Se.
    for defendant: David L. Schrader, Roger K. Smith, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, California, for the appellees.

    Case Number: No. 11-55587

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S.1423 DIMITRIOS PETER BILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION; TOYOTA M

  • Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

    Publication Date: 2012-01-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Ronald M. Gould, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul R. Cort and Deborah S. Reames, Earthjustice for petitioners Sierra Club and Medical Advocates for Healthy Air; Sofia L. Parino and Brent Newell, Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment for Petitioners Committee for a Better Arvin, Association of Irritated Residents and Comite Residentes Organizados al Servicio del Ambiente Sano.
    for defendant: Ignacia S. Moreno, John C. Cruden, Monica Derbes Gibson, Jefferson Wehling, Jeanhee Hong, and Jan M. Tierney for respondent United States Environmental Protection Agency. Catherine T. Redmond for respondent-intervenor San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.

    Case Number: No. 10-71457 No. 10-71458

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 817 SIERRA CLUB; MEDICAL ADVOCATES FOR HEALTHY AIR, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVI

  • Engebretson v. Mahoney

    Publication Date: 2013-05-30
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, A. Wallace Tashima, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kayla Liatti (argued) and Claudia Menjivar (argued), Ninth Circuit Clinical Externship, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California; Erica L. Reilley, Jones Day, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Brenda K. Elias (argued) and Ira Eakin, Special Assistant Attorneys General, Montana Department of Corrections, Helena, Montana, for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 10-35626

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5401JESSE K. ENGEBRETSON; CATHERINE T. ENGEBRETSON, Plaintiffs-Appellan

  • Quinn v. Anvil Corporation

    Publication Date: 2010-08-24
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Ferrario (argued), Tami D. Cowden, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellant.
    for defendant: Scott A. Smith (argued), William P. Brewer, Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the appellees.

    Case Number: No. 09-35101

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 11054 FORREST G. QUINN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANVIL CORPORATION; ANVIL EMPLOYEE STOCK OWN

  • In re Thorpe Insulation Company

    Publication Date: 2012-01-24
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    Date Filed: 2012-01-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Richard Seeborg, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Patterson (argued), Kenneth N. Klee, Daniel J. Bussel, and David M. Guess, Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jeremy V. Richards and Scotta E. McFarland, Pachulski, Stang, Diehl & Jones LLP, Los Angeles, California, for appellee Thorpe Insulation Company. John A. Lapinski and Leslie R. Horowitz, Clark & Trevithick, P.L.C., Los Angeles, California, for appellee Pacific Insulation Company. Peter Van N. Lockwood (argued), Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Benvenutti, Jones Day, San Francisco, California, for appellee Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Thorpe Insulation Company and Pacific Insulation Company. Gary Fergus, Fergus, A Law Office, San Francisco, California, for appellee Charles B. Renfrew, the Futures Representative.
    for defendant: David C. Christian, II (argued), Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, Illinois; James M. Harris, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, California; Todd C. Jacobs, Grippe & Elden LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for appellants Continental Insurance Company and National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford. Tancred V. Schiavoni, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, New York; Richard B. Goetz, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jonathan Hacker, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; Alan S. Berman, the Berman Law Group, Woodland Hills, California, for appellants Motor Vehicle Casualty Company, Central National Insurance Company of Omaha, and Century Indemnity Company, successor to Cigna Specialty Insurance Company f/k/a California Union Insurance Company.

    Case Number: No. 10-56543 No. 10-56622

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 939 In the Matter of: THORPE INSULATION COMPANY, Debtor, MOTOR VEHICLE CASUALTY COMPANY; CENTRAL NATIONAL INS

  • Recinto v. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Publication Date: 2013-02-07
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Saundra B. Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding Before: Robert D. Sack,* Ronald M. Gould, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arnedo S. Valera (argued), Law Offices of Valera & Associates, Fairfax, Virginia, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Bondy and Henry C. Whitaker (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 11-16341

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S.1505IRENEO RECINTO; BIENVENIDO GALAS, SR.; RICARDO PINERO; JUANITA QUIMBO; FLORENTINO S. TORRALBA; EDER ANDRADE; JOHN M. ASPIRAS, JR.;