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Publication Date: 2017-05-12
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Date Filed: 2017-05-12
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: John A. Houston, District Judge, Presiding Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr. and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman,*District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Megan R. Gyongyos (argued) and Bryan T. Dunn, The Cochran Firm California, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
for defendant: James Chapin (argued), Senior Deputy County Counsel; Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel; Office of County Counsel, San Diego, California; for Defendants-Appellants..
Case Number: No. 15-56848
Deputy entitled to qualified immunity for fatal shooting of emotionally disturbed individual (Owens, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-12
Practice Area: Tax | Banking and Finance Laws
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
Date Filed: 2017-05-12
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Johnston (argued) and Richard J. Gagnon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C.; Maria O'Toole Jones, Alan I. Horowitz, and Steven R. Dixon, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
for defendant: Arthur Thomas Catterall (argued) and Teresa E. McLaughlin, Attorneys, Tax Division/Appellate Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Annette L. Hayes, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 14-35289
District court did not erroneously require taxpayer to prove valuation with "precision" (England, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-05-11
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: William H. Alsup, District Judge, Presiding Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges, and Ralph R. Erickson, District Judge.*
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith B. Osborn (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Barbara J. Valliere, Chief, Appellate Division; Brian J. Stretch, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
for defendant: Dena M. Young (argued), Law Offices of Dena Marie Young, Santa Rosa, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
Case Number: No. 15-10509
Pro se defendant's outrageous behavior did not warrant termination of self-representation (Wallace, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-11
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Date Filed: 2017-05-11
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Marvin J. Garbis, District Judge, Presiding by Designation Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Rosemary Marquez,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne R. Gross (argued), Evan C. Borges, Michael E. Lopez, and Bret D. Hembd, Greenberg Gross LLP, Costa Mesa, California, for Relator-Appellant/Appellee.
for defendant: Mark A. Perry (argued) and Stephen C. Payne, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; M. Sean Royall, Tracey B. Davies, and Olivia A. Adendoroff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, Texas; for Defendants-Appellants/Appellees.
Case Number: Nos. 14-56382, 15-56209 No. 15-56122
Qui tam litigant failed to show independent knowledge of flaw in competitor's patent application (O'Scannlain, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-11
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Law | Transportation
Industry: Insurance | Transportation
Date Filed: 2017-05-11
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and Donald E. Walter,* District Judge.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell George Petti (argued), Los Offices of Russell G. Petti, La Canada, California; Glenn R. Kantor and Peter S. Sessions, Kantor & Kantor LLP, Northridge, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
for defendant: Ronald Keith Alberts, Matthew G. Kleiner, Jessica Wolff, Michelle L. Steinhardt, and Adelle Greenfield, Gordon & Rees LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.
Case Number: No. 14-55919
De novo review applied to employer disability plan's denial of benefits (Bybee, J.)
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Publication Date: 2017-05-11
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-05-11
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Raner C. Collins, Chief District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin C. Konrad (argued) and Therese M. Day, Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.
for defendant: Jeffrey Sparks (argued) and Laura P. Chiasson, Assistant Attorneys General; Jeffrey A. Zick and Lacey Stover Gard, Chief Counsel; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona; for Respondent-Appellee.
Case Number: No. 14-15309
Capital defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel without merit (Schoeder, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-10
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Date Filed: 2017-03-07
Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman, Todd M. Friedman and Meghan E. George for Plaintiff and Appellant Peggy O'Neil-Rosales.
for defendant: Hunt & Henriques and Kurtiss A. Jacobs for Defendants and Respondents Citibank (South Dakota) N.A. and Hunt & Henriques.
Case Number: No. BV 031488
Lawsuit under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act not appropriate remedy to correct allegedly erroneous judgment lien (Lee, J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-10
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-05-09
Court: C.A. 6th
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellant, The People: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorney General.
for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Respondent, Rafael Villanueva Figueroa: Laurie Wilmore, under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Respondent.
Case Number: No. H043204
Reinstatement of proceedings trigger's defendant's right to preliminary examination within 60 days only if arraignment or plea hearing preceded suspension of proceedings (Rushing, P.J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-10
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-05-09
Court: C.A. 2nd
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Law Office of Robert E. Knudsen and Robert E. Knudsen; Law Offices of Layne A. Bartholomew, Layne A. Bartholomew, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
for defendant: Kasai Law Group, Wayne T. Kasai and Kristin E. Reynolds, for Defendant and Respondent.
Case Number: No. B265865
Repudiation of promise to hold funds in trust warranted imposition of constructive trust to prevent trustee's unjust enrichment (Kriegler, Acting P.J.)
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Date Filed: 2017-05-08
Court: C.A. 4th
Judge:
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton, Heidi Salerno and Elizabeth Renner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
for defendant: Eric Anthony Dumars, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Case Number: No. D069360
Split sentence not available to defendant subject to deportation (Benke, J.)
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