• Ybarra v. Filson

    Publication Date: 2017-09-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-09-01
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Gloria M. Navarro, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Barry G. Silverman, Richard C. Tallman, and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph M. Fiedler (argued) and Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Rene L. Valladares, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Conner (argued), Assistant Solicitor General; Adam Paul Laxalt, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondents-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-17326 No. 17-15793 No. 17-71465

    Contradictions in state court's analysis of death row inmate's claim of intellectual disability warranted reconsideration (Tallman, J.)

  • Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck, Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp, Defendants-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant, 15-1890-cv

    Publication Date: 2017-09-01
    Practice Area: Litigation | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Wesley, Livingston, and Chin, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee for Jane Doe: Rebecca Ojserkis, Jonas Wang, Erin Baldwin, Kathryn Wynbrandt, Bethany Li, Michael J. Wishnie, Veteran Legal Services Clinic, Jerome M. Frank Legal Services Organization, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants for Lt. Gen. Franklin Lee Hagenbeck and Brig. Gen. William E. Rapp.: Christopher Connolly, Benjamin H. Torrance, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, for Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Amici Curiae for Amici Curiae Federal Courts and Constitutional Law Professors, in support of Jane Doe.: Caitlin J. Halligan, Joel M. Cohen, Casey K. Lee, Kathryn M. Cherry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae University Administrators, in support of Jane Doe.: Paul W. Hughes, Travis Crum, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae Former Military Officers, in support of Jane Doe.: Penelope A. Preovolos, Ben Patterson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA. For Amici Curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program, Protect Our Defenders, Service Women's Action Network, in support of Jane Doe.: John D. Niles, James Anglin Flynn, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. For Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Women, Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, Human Rights Watch, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Women's Law Center, in support of Jane Doe.: Sandra S. Park, Steven Watt, Lenora M. Lapidus, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 15-1890-cv

    Former West Point Cadet's Sexual Assault Liability Suit Stymied by Second C

  • August 31, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Unpublished Opinions for the Week of September 4, 2017

    07-4-4126 Hermanns v. Hermanns, N.J. Chancery Div. (Contillo, P.J. Ch.) (23 pp.) Plaintiff sought to amend his complaint to add claims in his action…

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  • United States v. Walter-Eze

    Publication Date: 2017-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services | Health Care
    Date Filed: 2017-08-25
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: R. Gary Klausner, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judge, and Carol Bagley Amon,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ellen R. Meltzer (argued), Special Counsel; Joanna K.W. Bowman, Alexander F. Porter, and Blanca Quintero, Assistant United States Attorneys; Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General; Fraud Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: David J. Bernstein (argued), Law Office of David Jay Bernstein PA, Deerfield Beach, Florida, for Defendant-Appellant.

    Case Number: No. 15-50315

    Conflict between counsel's interest and client's interests did not warrant presumption of prejudice (Amon, J.)

  • Center for Biological Diversity v. Mattis

    Publication Date: 2017-08-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Defense | Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-08-21
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward M. Chen, District Judge, Presiding Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Mary H. Murguia, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Burt (argued) and J. Martin Wagner, Earthjustice, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Mark R. Haag (argued), Peter Kryn Dykema, and Andrew C. Mergen, Attorneys; John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan C. McKay, Office of General Counsel, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C.; Phillip J. Riblett, Office of the Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 15-15695

    Non-profit environmental organization had standing to challenge government's approval of new military base in Okinawa (Murguia, J.)

  • Clear Creek v. Cotton Commerical, 14-16-00466-CV (TexApp Dist 08/01/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-08-01
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth
    Judge: KEVIN JEWELL, JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-16-00466-CV

    After Hurricane Ike damaged several of its campuses, appellant Clear Creek Independent School District contracted with Cotton USA, a predecessor to appellee Cotton Commercial, to remove debris and m

  • Lemon v. Hagood, 08-15-00309-CV (TexApp Dist 07/26/2017)

    Publication Date: 2017-08-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-07-26
    Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District
    Judge: ANN CRAWFORD MCCLURE, CHIEF JUSTICE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-15-00309-CV

    Appellant D. Brent Lemon formed a partnership with fellow attorney Van Shaw, which took a case against Holmes Builders for a 40 percent contingency fee. They contracted with Daniel Hagood to work on

  • DLS Precision Fab LLC v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    Publication Date: 2017-08-07
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Date Filed: 2017-08-07
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Richard R. Clifton, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Peder Johnsen (argued), Gallagher & Kennedy P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: Suzanne Nicole Nardone (argued), Trial Attorney; Anthony P. Nicastro, Acting Assistant Director; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondents.

    Case Number: No. 14-71980

    Employer's misplaced reliance on HR director to comply with INA not grounds for extension of good faith defense (per curiam)

  • Watson v. United States, 16-655

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Immigration Law | Civil Rights
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Jacobs, and Livingston, C.J.J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Davino Watson: Robert J. Burns on the brief, Mark A. Flessner, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant United States of America: Varuni Nelson, James R. Cho, and Elliot M. Schachner on the brief, Joseph A. Marutollo, for Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Amici Curiae National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild; American Immigration Council, in support of Davino Watson: Trina Realmuto, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA; Mary Kenney, American Immigration Council, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 16-655 (L)

  • Watson v. USA, 16-655

    Publication Date: 2017-08-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Jacobs, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee Davino Watson: Robert J. Burns on the brief, Mark A. Flessner, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant United States of America: Varuni Nelson, James R. Cho, and Elliot M. Schachner on the brief, Joseph A. Marutollo, for Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. For Amici Curiae National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild; American Immigration Council, in support of Davino Watson: Trina Realmuto, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Boston, MA; Mary Kenney, American Immigration Council, Washington, D.C.

    Case Number: 16-655

    Wrongly Detained U.S. Citizen's FTCA Claim Untimely; Government Did Not Act With