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June 14, 2005 | Daily Report Online

11th Circuit OKs RICO Suit Involving Illegal Aliens

A federal appeals court has denied efforts by carpet and flooring giant Mohawk Industries Inc. to kill a racketeering class action. The suit claims the Calhoun, Ga., company recruited and empl

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CMH Homes v. Perez

Publication Date: 2011-05-30
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Date Filed: 2011-05-27
Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
Judge: Justice Wainwright delivered the opinion of the Court.
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Case Number: NO. 10-0688

Argued February 3, 2011Once more, this Court is presented with a question of the availability of judicial review of an interlocutory arbitration order. In this consumer dispute, CMH Homes,

The Wilderness Society v. United States Forest Service

Publication Date: 2011-01-14
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Date Filed: 2011-01-14
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Harry Pregerson, Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Bahr, Megan O?Reilly (argued), and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich of Western Environmental Law Center (Taos, New Mexico and Eugene, Oregon), and Scott W. Reed (Coeur d?Alene, Idaho) for the appellees.
for defendant: Paul A. Turcke (argued) of Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke (Boise, Idaho), for the appellants. Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, Aaron Avila, and Katherine W. Hazard of the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.) for amicus United States. Paul L. Gale (argued), Erik M. Pritchard, and Jacqueline S. Treu of Troutman Sanders LLP (Irvine, California) for amici Motorcycle Industry Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America. Jeffrey W. Leppo and Jason T. Morgan of Stoel Rives LLP (Seattle, Washington) for amicus The Alaska Oil and Gas Association. Ronald S. Yockim (Roseburg, Oregon) for amici Coos County, Grant County, Harney County, and Wallowa County. Roger R. Martella, Jr., Peter R. Steeland, Jr., and Matthew D. Krueger of Sidley Austin LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amici American Petroleum Institute, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Croplife America, National Association of Manufacturers, and National Petrochemical and Refiners Association. Michael B. Wigmore and Sandra P. Franco of Bingham McCutchen LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Western States Petroleum Association. Elizabeth E. Howard and Dominic M. Carollo of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP (Portland, Oregon) for amici Steens Mountain Landowner Group, Oregon Cattlemen?s Association, Oregon Cattlemen?s Public Lands Committee, Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Public Lands Council, and National Cattlemen?s Beef Association. Anna M. Seidman and Douglas S. Burdin of Safari Club International (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Safari Club International. Murray D. Feldman and William G. Myers III of Holland & Hart LLP (Boise, Idaho) and Dana R. Walsh of Southern Nevada Water Authority (Las Vegas, Nevada), for amicus Southern Nevada Water Authority. Albert M. Ferlo, Donald C. Baur, and Guy R. Martin of Perkins Coie LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amicus Western Urban Water Coalition. Julie A. Weis and Christopher Lundberg of Haglund Kelly Horngren Jones & Wilder LLP (Portland, Oregon), William K. Barquin, Attorney General of Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Bonners Ferry, Idaho), Stuart M. Levit and John Harrison of Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Pablo, Montana), Brett Kenney of Coquille Indian Tribe (North Bend, Oregon), David C. Bonga of Kalispel Tribe (Airway Heights, Washington), William Bacon of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort Hall, Idaho), and Catherine Tufts of Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (Siletz, Oregon), for amici Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Coquille Indian Tribe, Kalispel Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and Metlakatla Indian Community. David F. Hensley, Counsel to the Governor (Boise, Idaho) and Thomas C. Perry of Idaho Governor?s Office of Species Conservation (Boise, Idaho), and L. Michael Bogert and Amy B. Chasanov of Crowell & Moring LLP (Washington, D.C.), for amici C.L. ?Butch? Otter, Governor of Idaho and Idaho Governor?s Office of Species Conservation. Daniel S. Sullivan, Attorney General of State of Alaska, and Lance B. Nelson of Office of the Alaska Attorney General (Anchorage, Alaska), for amicus State of Alaska. Scott W. Horngren of American Forest Resource Council (Portland, Oregon), for amici Alaska Forest Association and Douglas Timber Operators. Mark C. Rutzick of Mark C. Rutzick, Inc. (Oak Hill, Virginia), for amicus American Forest Resource Council.
Case Number: No. 09-35200

Cite as 11 C.D.O.S. 591THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY; PRAIRIE FALCON AUDUBON, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.UNITED STAT

Garcia v. Huerta, et al.

Publication Date: 2011-03-30
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Date Filed: 2011-03-30
Court: Tex. App. Dist. 4
Judge: Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice
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Case Number: 04-10-00688-CV

OPINIONOpinion by: Phylis J. Speedlin, JusticeSitting: Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice Rebecca Simmons, Justice Marialyn Barnard, JusticeREVERSED and REMANDEDAlbert Garcia challenges the tr

April 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Nicolaou v. Horizon Media, Inc.

Decided March 28, 2005Before Pooler, Sack, and Raggi, C.JJ. Appeal from a decision and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Barbara S. J

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Sprint Communications Co., L.P. v. APCC Services, Inc.

Publication Date: 2008-06-23
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Date Filed: 2008-06-23
Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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Attorneys: For plaintiff: For petitioners: Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C.
for defendant: For respondents: Roy Englert Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, D.C.
Case Number: 07-552

Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 7702SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L. P., et al., PETITIONERS v.APCC SERVICES, INC., et al. No. 07-552on writ of certiorari to the united stat

In Re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, 10-4135-cv (L)

Publication Date: 2013-07-29
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Parker, Hall, and Carney, CJJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the City of New York, the New York City Water Board, and the New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority: Susan E. Amron, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, New York, NY; Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLP, San Francisco, CA, on the brief, Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC.
for defendant: For amicus curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Michael E. Wall, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Johanna Dyer, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For amicus curiae New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, George N. Cohen, Richard F. Engel, Deputy Attorneys General, Trenton, NJ; Michael Axline, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sacramento, CA. For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation, Exxon Mobil Corporation, and Mobil Corporation: Traci L. Lovitt, Nicholas W. Haddad, Jones Day, New York, NY; Peter John Sacripanti, James A. Pardo, Lauren E. Handel, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC. For amici curiae American Chemistry Council, American Coatings Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, the NFIB Small Business Legal Center, and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Donald W. Fowler, Eric G. Lasker, Hollingsworth LLP, Washington, DC; Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Graves, American Coatings Association, Inc., Washington, DC; Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Milito, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, Washington, DC; Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, DC. For amici curiae, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and American Petroleum Institute, in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Joseph R. Guerra, James R. Wedeking, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC. For amicus curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., in support of Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Michael B. Mukasey, Anne E. Cohen, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA.
Case Number: 10-4135-cv (L)

Cite as: In Re: MTBE Lit., 10-4135-cv (L), NYLJ 1202612814095, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 26, 2013) 10-4135-cv (L) Before: Parker, Hall, and Car

Cornell Univ. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 01-CV-1974

Publication Date: 2009-05-04
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Date Filed: 2009-04-24
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District
Judge: Randall Rader
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Circuit Judge Randall R. Rader U.S. DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: Bryan K. Anderson, Esq., of Counsel David T. Miy

Prisco v. Stroup

Publication Date: 2008-05-14
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Date Filed: 2008-05-08
Court: D.C. Ct. App.
Judge: Ruiz, Associate Judge
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For appellant: James Nolan, Furey, Doolan & Abell, Chevy Chase, Md.
for defendant: For appellee: Margaret McKinney, Delaney McKinney, Bethesda, Md.
Case Number: 05-FM-1086

Argued September 13, 2006Before RUIZ and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.Appellant appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to increase child support and request for att

April 5, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Court Affirms Record $30.3M Award in Asbestos-Exposure Mesothelioma Case

A New Jersey appeals court on Monday upheld a $30.3 million verdict in an asbestos-exposure mesothelioma case, the largest known award in the state. The defendants lost on every issue, incl

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