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Publication Date: 2017-07-14
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-07-14
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: JAY S. BYBEE, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and MORGAN CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael David Weinstein (argued) and Celeste Bacchi, Deputy Federal Public Defenders; Hilary Potashner, Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Petitioner-Appellee.
for defendant: Robin Helene Urbanski (argued), Deputy Attorney General; James William Bilderback II, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Michael J. Mongan, Deputy Solicitor General; Julie L. Garland, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Edward C. DuMont, Solicitor General; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Respondent-Appellant.
Case Number: No. 15-55337
California's alleged systemic delay in administration of death penalty did not excuse habeas petitioner's failure to exhaust state remedies (M.D. Smith, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-14
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Construction
Date Filed: 2017-07-14
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Ricardo S. Martinez, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard J. Birmingham (argued), Christine Hawkins, and Joseph P. Hoag, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant/Plaintiff-Appellant Richard Lehman.
for defendant: Seth Floyd (argued), Nathan R. Ring, and Michael A. Urban, The Urban Law Firm, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Defendants-Appellants/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Warner Nelson, et al.
Case Number: No. 15-35414 Nos. 15-35457, 15-35696
Pension fund improperly withheld employer contributions to improve pension plan's funding status (Christen, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-14
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates | Constitutional Law | Family Law
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-07-14
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding Before: Eugene E. Siler, Jr.,*A. Wallace Tashima, and Andrew D. Hurwitz, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josh A. Lazar (argued), The Geraci Law Firm, Irvine, California, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant.
for defendant: Timothy James Ryan (argued), Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Jared M. Toffer, Finlayson Toffer Roosevelt & Lilly LLP, Irvine, California; Charles W. Wirken, Gust Rosenfeld PLC, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendant-Counter-Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 15-15078
Application of Arizona's revocation-on-divorce statute did not violate Contracts Clause (Siler, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Judges
Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-07-13
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: William B. Shubb, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judge, and Jon P. McCalla,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David T. Shelledy (argued), Matthew D. Segal, and Kelli L. Taylor, Assistant United States Attorneys; United States Attorney's Office, Sacramento, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
for defendant: William R. Warne (argued), Meghan M. Baker, Annie S. Amaral, and Michael J. Thomas, Downey Brand LLP, Sacramento, California; Jennifer T. Lias and Richard W. Beckler, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc.
Case Number: No. 15-15799
Federal judge's alleged Twitter activity did not warrant recusal (Thomas, C.J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-07-12
Court: C.A. 1st
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Dorian Jung, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Counsel Defendant and Appellant: Alex Green.
Case Number: No. A147740
Williamson rule did not bar felony identity theft prosecution for act of providing someone else's driver's license to police officer (Pollak, J.)
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Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Insurance | Education
Date Filed: 2017-07-12
Court: C.A. 2nd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jones Day, David W. Steuber, Tara C. Kowalski, Craig M. Hirsch; Andrade Gonzalez, Sean A. Andrade, Stephen V. Masterson, and April E. Navarro for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Duane Morris, Philip R. Matthews, Paul J. Killion, and Christine B. Cusick for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. B275597
Possibility of conflicting rulings precluded arbitration (Grimes, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Class Actions | Employment Litigation
Industry: Retail
Date Filed: 2017-07-13
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Capstone Law, Glenn A. Danas, Ryan Wu, Robert Drexler, Stan Karas and Liana Carter for Petitioner.
for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.Littler Mendelson, Robert G. Hulteng, Amy Todd-Gher, Kyle W. Nageotte, Joshua J. Cliffe, Emily E. O'Connor and Scott D. Helsinger for Real Party in Interest.
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Plaintiff in PAGA action against employer entitled to discovery of fellow employees' names and contact information (Werdegar, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Transportation
Industry: Transportation | State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-07-13
Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin P. Bundy; Cory J. Briggs Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Rachel B. Hooper, Amy J. Bricker, Erin B. Chalmers; Daniel P. Selmi; Coast Law Group and Marco Gonzalez for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
for defendant: Julie D. Wiley; Cox, Castle & Nicholson, Michael H. Zischke, Andrew B. Sabey, Linda C. Klein; The Sohagi Law Group, Margaret M. Sohagi and Philip A. Seymour for Defendants and Appellants.
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CEQA did not mandate EIR analysis of transportation plan's consistency with 2005 executive order's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals (Liu, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-13
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
Industry: Real Estate | Entertainment and Leisure
Date Filed: 2017-07-13
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Sam E. Haddon, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Frederic Block, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Lindsay (argued) and David W. Ross, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
for defendant: James F. Wallack (argued) and Peter D. Bilowz, Goulston & Storrs PC, Boston, Massachusetts; Steven M. Johnson, Church Harris Johnson & Williams P.C., Great Falls, Montana; for Defendants-Appellees.
Case Number: No. 15-35572
Bankruptcy court properly authorized sale of debtor's real property free and clear of long term leases (Block, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-07-12
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-07-12
Court: C.A. 3rd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, Julie A. Hokans and Ryan B. McCarroll, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: THREE STRIKES PROJECT, Stanford Law School, and Michael S. Romano, for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. C078874
Prior out-of-state conviction renders inmate ineligible for Prop 36 resentencing only if disqualifying offense under California law (Hoch, J.)
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