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Publication Date: 2017-09-20
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-09-19
Court: C.A. 4th
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Dale K. Galipo, Dale K. Galipo and Melanie T. Partow for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
for defendant: Kristin A. Pelletier, Acting City Attorney, and Moses W. Johnson IV, Assistant City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.
Case Number: No. G052460
Justice not served by giving preclusive effect to judgment based entirely on subsequently reversed federal court decision (Fybel, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-20
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Agriculture | State and Local Government | Non–Profit
Date Filed: 2017-09-19
Court: C.A. 1st
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earthjustice, Gregory C. Loarie, Tamara T. Zakim, Stacey Putnam Geis for Appellants.
for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Robert W. Byrne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Gaving G. McCabe, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Marc N. Melnick, Deputy Attorney General for Respondents California Department of Pesticide Regulation, Brian H. Leahy, and Ann N. Prichard.
Case Number: No. A145632
Department of Pesticide Regulation failed to consider alternatives prior to approving pesticides' expanded use (Siggins, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-20
Practice Area: Insurance Law | Employment Litigation
Industry: Insurance
Date Filed: 2017-09-20
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding Before: Harry Pregerson, Richard A. Paez, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian J. Garris (argued), Law Offices of Christian J. Garris, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
for defendant: Ian Seth Linker (argued), Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, New York; Misty A. Murray, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 15-56371
Employer acted as insurer's agent in waiving eligibility requirement for coverage under ERISA-governed benefits plan (Pregerson, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-20
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-08-18
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: David K. Duncan, Magistrate Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judge, and Brian M. Morris,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Caldwell (argued), Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
for defendant: Michael R. Tunick (argued), Assistant Regional Counsel; David Morado, Regional Chief Counsel, Seattle Region X; John S. Leonardo, United States Attorney; Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 15-16848
ALJ committed legal error in rejecting expert opinions of claimant's functional limitations (Morris, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-19
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Health Care | Non–Profit
Date Filed: 2017-09-18
Court: C.A. 1st
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellant: Gregory N. Weiler.
for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Respondent and Real Party in Interest: Julie Jones, Perkins Coie LLP, Stephen L. Kostka, Perkins Coie LLP, Christopher A. Chou, Perkins Coie LLP.
Case Number: No. A145992
Potential for protests outside Planned Parenthood clinic not shown to have potentially significant environmental impact (Humes, P.J.)
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Publication Date: 2017-09-19
Practice Area: Constitutional Law
Industry: Advertising | State and Local Government | Non–Profit
Date Filed: 2017-09-19
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Edward M. Chen, District Judge, Presiding Before: Dorothy W. Nelson and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges, and J. Michael Seabright,* Chief District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Bress (argued), Melissa Arbus Sherry, and Michael E. Bern, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; James K. Lynch and Marcy C. Priedeman, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant American Beverage Association.
for defendant: Christine Van Aken (argued), Jeremy M. Goldman, and Wayne Snodgrass, Deputy City Attorneys; Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, California; for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 16-16072 No. 16-16073
Mandated inclusion of health warning on billboard advertising for sugar-sweetened beverages offends advertisers' First Amendment rights (Ikuta, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-19
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-09-19
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Andrew J. Guilford, District Judge, Presiding Before: David M. Ebel,*Milan D. Smith, Jr. , and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brenton Whitney Aitken Hands (argued) and Jerry L. Steering, Law Office of Jerry L. Steering, Newport Beach, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
for defendant: Michael J. Rossiter (argued), Zachary M. Schwartz, and William L. Haluck, Koeller Nebeker Carlson & Haluck LLP, Irvine, California, for Defendants-Appellants.
Case Number: No. 15-56146
Deputy violated individual's First Amendment rights by detaining him based solely on "argumentative" behavior (Ebel, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-19
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-09-19
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and William Q. Hayes,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Athan E. Tramountanas (argued), Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC, Seattle, Washington; Lisa Ann Battalia, Law Office of Lisa Ann Battalia, Bethesda, Maryland; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: Gregory Colin Narver (argued), Assistant City Attorney; Peter S. Holmes, City Attorney; City Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees.
Case Number: No. 14-35970
City's "use of force" policy did not unconstitutionally burden police officers' Second Amendment right to use firearms in self-defense (Hayes, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-18
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-09-15
Court: C.A. 4th
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel, John E. Phillips, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Paula J. Roach, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Jamie A. Moran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. D072056
Conditional removal order contravened dependency scheme and violated family's due process rights (Huffman, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-09-18
Practice Area: Native American Law
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Federal Government
Date Filed: 2017-09-15
Court: C.A. 3rd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: DLA Piper, Matthew R. Jacobs, Steven S. Kimball and Todd M. Noonan for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Dentons US, Paula M. Yost and Ian R. Barker; Kerr & Wagstaffe, James M. Wagstaffe, Daniel A. Zaheer and Kevin B. Clune; and Mary Kay Lacey for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. C070512
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act preempted enforcement of gaming machine supplier's unapproved management contracts with Indian tribe (Murray, J.)
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