• December 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    9/11 Families Renew Effort To Sift for Human Remains Families of people killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center renewed their bid yesterday to have hundreds

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  • Monistere v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-17
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Leslie H. Southwick, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-31149

    Published opinionBefore JONES, Chief Judge, and OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.This litigation concerns a home located in Metairie, Louisiana that was severely damaged in 2005 by Hurricane K

  • February 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas Pipeline: From Austin to D.C.

    Terral Smith has no illusions about his place among Washington, D.C., lobbyists. The one-time legislative director to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush candidly describes his relationship with clients

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  • November 13, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Sullivan and Davis Polk Cover Second AIG Bailout The Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday the restructuring of the govern

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  • In Re: American Express Merchants' Litigation, 06-1871-cv

    Publication Date: 2011-03-09
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before Pooler and Sack, C.JJ.1
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Appearing for Plaintiffs-Appellants: Gary B. Friedman, Friedman Law Group LLP (Tracey Kitzman, Aaron Patton, Warren Parrino, on the brief), New
    for defendant: Appearing for Defendants-Appellees: Bruce H. Schneider, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, New York, NY. Julia B. Strickland, Stephen J. Newman, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Los Angeles, CA. Michael K. Kellogg, Derek T. Ho, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 06-1871-cv

    Cite as: In Re: American Express Merchants' Litigation, 06-1871-cv, NYLJ 1202484853954, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided March 8, 2011)Before Pooler and Sack, C.JJ.

  • 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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  • United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

    Publication Date: 2004-04-06
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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 Conner Applicants Muzak, LLC ("Muzak") and DMX Music, Inc. ("DMX") (collectively "applicants") bring this appli

  • FCLT Loans, L.P. v. Estate of Bracher

    Publication Date: 2002-03-05
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    Date Filed: 2002-02-28
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Paul C. Murphy Senior Chief Justice
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    Case Number: 14-00-00577-CV

    AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART, AND OPINION FILED FEBRUARY 28, 2002.OPINIONThis appeal comes before us on competing motions for summary judgment i

  • In re Salgado-Nava

    Publication Date: 2012-08-10
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    Date Filed: 2012-07-25
    Court: 9th Cir., B.A.P.
    Judge: Honorable Jim D. Pappas, Bankruptcy Judge, Presiding Before: MARKELL, HOLLOWELL and JURY, Bankruptcy Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte Gray of the Gray Law Offices, PLLC argued for appellant R. Sam Hopkins, chapter 7 trustee;
    for defendant: Ronald R. Peterson of Jenner & Block LLP argued for amici curiae Jeremy Gugino and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees; and Cameron M. Gulden argued for amicus curiae the Office of the United States Trustee.

    Case Number: BAP No. ID-11-1389-MkHJu

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9152 In re: ANDY N. SALGADO-NAVA, Debtor. R. SAM HOPKINS, Chapter 7 Trustee, Appella

  • September 30, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Gangbuster of Gotham

    Long before contemporary New York crimebusters-cum-politicians such as Rudolph Giuliani and Eliot Spitzer, there was a mustachioed young prosecutor who single-handedly drained the swamp of hac

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