• ACORN V. US (TEST)

    Publication Date: 2010-08-16
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    Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Miner, Cabranes, and Wesley, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: JULES LOBEL, Darius Charney, and William Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights, Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY; William Goodman and Julie Hurwitz, Goodman & Hurwitz, P.C., Detroit, MI; Arthur Schwartz, New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Mark D. Stern, Somerville, MA; John C. Philo, Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic &Social Justice, Detroit, MI, for amici curiae United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America; Communications Workers of America; Communications Workers of America Local 1180; Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America of Greater New York; Jobs with Justice; Interfaith Worker Justice; and Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice. Charles S. Sims and Anna G. Kaminska, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY; Stephen I. Vladeck, Washington, D.C. for amici curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce Ackerman, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, Michael C. Dorf, Mark Graber, Seth F. Kreimer, Sanford V. Levinson, Burt Neuborne, and Stephen I. Vladeck. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.
    for defendant: MARK B. STERN, Michael S. Raab, Benjamin S. Kingsley, and Helen L. Gilbert, Appellate Staff,Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Benton J. Campbell, Attorney, Eastern District of New York), Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, NY, for defendants-appellants. Daniel R. Murdock, Patton Boggs LLP, New York, NY; Haaris Ahmad, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Wayne County, Michigan, Detroit, MI, for amicuscuriae Wayne County, Michigan. David B. Rankin and Mark Taylor, Rankin & Taylor, New York, NY, for amici curiae Alliance for Justice; Citizen Action of New York; Hakeem Jeffries; Labor Education & Research Project; Legal Aid Society of New York City; Marty Markowitz; Kevin Powell; Western States Center; and Jumaane D. Williams.

    Case Number: 09-5172--cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON)

    Cite as: ACORN v. United States, 09-5172—cv (L); 10-0992-cv (CON), NYLJ 1202466558542, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided: August 13, 2010)p class="judges

  • June 25, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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  • August 4, 2005 | The Associated Press

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  • People v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2006-12-26
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    Court: Appellate Division, 2nd Dept
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    By Florio, J.P.; Mastro, Spolzino and Skelos, JJ. The People, etc., res, v. Hollis Daniel, ap (Ind. No. 1303/03) Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (Jonathan G

  • September 12, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    With Scant Guidance, Federal Judges Test the Limits in Terror Cases

    Five years after terrorist hijackers leveled the World Trade Center, the courts of the 2nd Circuit have been the scene of a series of collisions between national security priorities and civil liber

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  • Munoz v. Rubino

    Publication Date: 2013-03-20
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    Court: Supreme Court, Orange County, IAS Part
    Judge: Justice Catherine Bartlett
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    Case Number: 1212/2011

    Cite as: Munoz v. Rubino, 1212/2011, NYLJ 1202592839814, at *1 (Sup., OR, Decided September 6, 2012)1212/2011Justice Catherine Bartlettp class

  • Munoz v. Rubino

    Publication Date: 2013-04-03
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    Court: Supreme Court, Orange County, IAS Part
    Judge: Justice Catherine M. Bartlett
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    Case Number: 1212/2011

    Cite as: Munoz v. Rubino, 1212/2011, NYLJ 1202594653859, at *1 (Sup. OR, Decided September 6, 2012)1212/2011Justice Catherine M. Bartlettp cla

  • People v. Hayes

    Publication Date: 2006-10-17
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    Court: Appellate Division, 1st Dept
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    By Buckley, P.J., Mazzarelli, Williams, Gonzalez, Sweeny, JJ. 9225. People of the State of New York, res, v. Hafiz Hayes, def-ap Laura R. John