• Lowry v. Watson Chapel School District

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-02
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-3437 & 08-1139

    Submitted: June 13, 2008Before SMITH and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges, and ROSENBAUM,*fn1 District Judge.Chris Lowry, Colton Dougan, and Micheal Joseph (collectivel

  • Gomez v. Quarterman

    Publication Date: 2008-05-29
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-27
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 04-70047

    Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.Ignacio Gomez, a Mexican citizen, confessed that he shot and killed three teenagers in Texas. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to dea

  • Padilla v. Yoo

    Publication Date: 2012-05-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-02
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding Before: Raymond C. Fisher and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, District Judge.*,**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan M. Freiman (argued), Hope R. Metcalf, Tahlia Townsend and Amos E. Friedland, New Haven, Connecticut; Natalie L. Bridgeman, San Francisco, California, for the appellees. Paul J. Orfanedes, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Judicial Watch, Inc.
    for defendant: Miguel A. Estrada (argued) and Scott P. Martin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for the appellant. Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Barbara L. Herwig and Robert M. Loeb, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae United States. Peter B. Ellis and Usha-Kiran K. Ghia, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for amici curiae Bruce Fein, Roberts B. Owen and Michael P. Scharf. Eric L. Lewis, Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth A. Wilson, John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, for amici curiae Distinguished Professors of Constitutional and Federal Courts Law. Hamid Jabbar, Scottsdale, Arizona; Hirad D. Dadgostar, Los Angeles, California; Dawinder S. Sidhu, Potomac, Maryland, for amici curiae Legal Ethics Scholars.

    Case Number: No. 09-16478

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 4875 JOSE PADILLA and ESTELA LEBRON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JOHN YOO, Defendant-Ap

  • Acosta v. City of Costa Mesa

    Publication Date: 2012-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-05
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Dee V. Benson, District Judge.*
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Belinda E. Helzer, Esq., ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Orange, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: M. Lois Boback, Esq. (argued) and Daniel K. Spradlin, Esq., Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, APC, Costa Mesa, California, for the defendants-appellees.

    Case Number: No. 10-56854

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10304 BENITO ACOSTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF COSTA MESA; ALLAN MANSOOR, Mayor