• Benson v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2012-03-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-20
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Maria-Elena James, Chief Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos F. Lucero,* Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Niall P. McCarthy, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, Burlingame, California (Anne Marie Murphy and Aron K. Liang, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, Burlingame, California, and Derek G. Howard and Bethany Caracuzzo, Minami Tamaki LLP, San Francisco, California, with him on the briefs), for the plaintiffs-appellants.
    for defendant: Robert A. Sacks (Stacey R. Friedman and M. David Possick with him on the briefs), Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

    Case Number: No. 10-17402 No. 10-17404

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3252 KIMBERLY BENSON; KARIMDAD BALOCH; and NEERJA JAIN GURSAHANEY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plain

  • 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.

  • Holk v. Snapple Beverage Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-08-21
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-12
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 08-3060

    PRECEDENTIALArgued June 24, 2009Before: BARRY, SMITH, Circuit Judges and RESTANI, Judge*fn1OPINIONThis appeal presents three issues related to the federal

  • Cadles of Grassy Meadows II, L.L.C. v. Goldner

    Publication Date: 2008-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-08
    Court: 5th Cir.
    Judge: Jerry E. Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-10711

    Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.Cadles of Grassy Meadows II, L.L.C. ("Cadles"), sued David and Robert Goldner to recover on a debt. The court dismissed the suit as time-barred, hold

  • North Country Communications Corp. v. California Catalog & Technology

    Publication Date: 2010-02-10
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-10
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Claudia Wilken,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Appellant North County Communications is represented by Joseph G. Dicks (argued) and Christopher J. Reichman, Dicks & Workman, San Diego, California.
    for defendant: Appellee Cal-One Cellular L.P. and Cellco Partnership are represented by John Hueston and Laura W. Brill (argued), Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, California. Appellees T-Mobile USA, Cingular Wireless, and Cricket Communications, Inc. are represented by Martin L. Fineman, Suzanne K. Toller, and Gregory J. Kopta (argued), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, California. Appellee PhoneCo, L.P. is represented by Alan E. Greenberg and Kelly A. Van Nort, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Diego, California.

    Case Number: No. 08-55048

    Cite as 09 C.D.O.S. NORTH COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v.CALIFORNIA CATALOG & TECHNOLOG

  • Allen Lefaivre, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Kv Pharmaceutical Company; Ethex Corporation

    Publication Date: 2011-01-20
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-19
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 10-1326

    Submitted: September 21, 2010Before BYE, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.Allen Lefaivre, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, brought this potential class action suit aga

  • Frankl v. HTH Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-09-06
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    Date Filed: 2012-09-06
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: J. Michael Seabright, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine J. Trafton, NLRB, Washington, DC, for petitioner-appellee Joseph F. Frankl. Barbara Sheehy, NLRB, Washington, DC, for petitioner-respondent National Labor Relations Board.
    for defendant: Wesley M. Fujimoto, Honolulu, Hawaii, for respondents-petitioners HTH Corporation, et al.

    Case Number: No. 11-18042 No. 11-71676 No. 11-71968

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10374 JOSEPH F. FRANKL, Regional Director of Region 20 of the National Labor ons Board, for and on behalf of the National Labor

  • Mehrkens v. Blank

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-25
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 07-3303

    Submitted: October 17, 2008Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.Kent Mehrkens commenced this action in Minnesota state court, and the United States removed the case to feder

  • United States v. Keating

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-01
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Smith, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-1126

    Submitted: June 8, 2009Before SMITH and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and LIMBAUGH, District Judge.*fn1Paul Keating was indicted for manufacturing counterfeit curre

  • United States v. Ermoian

    Publication Date: 2013-08-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-08-14
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Oliver W. Wanger, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark E. Cullers and Laurel J. Montoya, Assistant United States Attorneys, Fresno, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for plaintiff-appellee United States of America. With them on the brief were Benjamin J. Wagner, United States Attorney, Fresno, CA, and Camil A. Skipper, Appellate Chief, Fresno, CA.
    for defendant: John Balazs, Sacramento, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for defendant-appellant Gary L. Ermoian. Jerald Brainin, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed a brief for defendant-appellant Stephen J. Johnson.

    Case Number: No. 11-10124 No. 11-10388

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 8879 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GARY L. ERMOIA