• People v. E*Poly Star, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-05-15
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-14
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve Cooley, Los Angeles District Attorney, Stanley P. Williams, Leslie A. Hanke, Thomas�R. Wenke, Deputy District Attorneys; Elizabeth A. Egan, Fresno County District Attorney, Michael Brummel, Deputy District Attorney; Edward S. Berberian, County of Marin District Attorney, and Robert E. Nichols, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Patton Martin & Sullivan, John H. Patton; Tod M. Ratfield, APC, and Tod M. Ratfield, for E*Poly Star, Inc., Zhi Zhong Sun, Steven Choi and Donald V. Schmahl, Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. B233008

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 5266 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E*POLY STAR, INC., et al., Defendants and

  • Coffin v. Brandau

    Publication Date: 2010-02-25
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-24
    Court: 11th Cir.
    Judge: Tjoflat, Circuit Judge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 08-14538

    [PUBLISH]Before TJOFLAT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WOOD,*fn1 District Judge.In this case, Cynthia Coffin attempted to shut her open garage door to preven

  • Landsman & Funk Pc v. Skinder-Strauss Associates, A New Jersey Partnership

    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-04
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Rendell, Circuit Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: Nos. 09-3105, 09-3532 , 09-3793

    PRECEDENTIALArgued May 26, 2010Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, RENDELL and GARTH, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTA.This consolidated appeal encompasses three class actions brought

  • County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission (Service Employees International Union, Local 721)

    Publication Date: 2013-05-30
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gutierrez, Preciado & House, Calvin House, Clifton A. Baker; Manuel A. Valenzuela, Jr., Lucia Gonzalez Peck, Joyce M. Aiello and Rosemarie Belda, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: No appearance for Defendant and Respondent. Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, David A. Rosenfeld, Alan G. Crowley, Vincent A. Harrington, Jacob J. White and Ann-Marie Gallegos for Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Davis, Cowell & Bowe, Richard G. McCracken and Andrew J. Kahn for Union of American Physicians & Dentists, Unite Here International Union and AFT Local 1931 as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Leonard Carder, Margot Rosenberg and Arthur L. Liou for International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Local 21, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Altshuler Berzon, Scott A. Kronland and Eileen B. Goldsmith for SEIU United Long Term Care Workers, SEIU Local 521, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West and California United Homecare Workers as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Glenn Rothner, Jonathan Cohen and Anthony Resnick for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, California Faculty Association, California School Employees Association and California Teachers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. Joan A. Markoff, Will M. Yamada, Paul M. Starkey and Jennifer M. Garten for the California Department of Personnel Administration as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent. M. Suzanne Murphy and Wendi L. Ross for California Public Employment Relations Board as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

    Case Number: No. S191944

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 5426COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LOS ANGELES CO

  • Valle del Sol Incorporated v. Whiting

    Publication Date: 2013-03-04
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    Date Filed: 2013-03-04
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard C. Tallman and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Saenz, Victor Viramontes (argued) and Nicholás Espíritu, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, California; Omar C. Jadwat and Andre Segura, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, New York; Linton Joaquin, Karen C. Tumlin, Nora A. Preciado, Melissa S. Keaney and Álvaro M. Huerta, National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California; Nina Perales, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, San Antonio, Texas; Chris Newman and Lisa Kung, National Day Labor Organizing Network, Los Angeles, California; Marita Etcubañez and Jessica Chia, Asian American Justice Center, Washington, D.C.; Cecillia D. Wang, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; Daniel J. Pochoda and James Duff Lyall, ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; Daniel R. Ortega, Ortega Law Firm, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Yungsuhn Park, Connie Choi and Carmina Ocampo, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees. Aaron Leiderman, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, California; Bradley S. Phillips, Joseph J. Ybarra, Benjamin J. Maro, Lika C. Miyake and Margaret G. Ziegler, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for all Appellees except Maria Morales and Service Employees International Union, Service Employees International Union, Local 5, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and Japanese American Citizens League. Stephen P. Berzon and Jonathan Weissglass, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellees Service Employees International Union, Service Employees International Union, Local 5 and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
    for defendant: John J. Bouma, Robert A. Henry (argued) and Kelly A. Kszywienski, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona; Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr., Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer, Phoenix, Arizona, for Appellants. Thomas C. Horne, Attorney General, Michael Tryon, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Evan Hiller, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Appellant State of Arizona.

    Case Number: No. 12-15688

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 2295hr width="50%" size="1" color="black" ali

  • River Garden Retirement Home v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2010-07-15
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-15
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Appellant: Silverstein & Pomerantz , Amy L. Silverstein, Edwin P. Antolin
    for defendant: Counsel for Respondent: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Joyce H. Hee, Supervising Attorney General, David Lew, Deputy Attorney General

    Case Number: No. A123316

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 9110RIVER GARDEN RETIREMENT HOME, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, D

  • Orange County Water District v. Unocal Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-10-06
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-01
    Court: 2nd Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 07-5724-op

    Submitted: April 14, 2009Before: WINTER and CABRANES Circuit Judges.*fn2The question presented is whether a district court may retain jurisdiction when a case w

  • No Wetlands Landfill Expansion v. County of Marin (Redwood Landfill, Inc.)

    Publication Date: 2012-03-21
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    Date Filed: 2012-03-20
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Respondent No Wetlands Landfill Expansion Pollock & James, Mark S. Pollock; Law Offices of Brent J. Newell, Brent J. Newell
    for defendant: Counsel for Appellants and Defendants County of Marin, Board of Supervisors for the County of Marin, Marin County Environmental Health Services Division acting as the Local Enforcement Agency for CalRecycle, Marin County Development Agency, and Phil Smith in his official capacity as Deputy Director, Marin County Department of Health Services/Local Enforcement Agency: Patrick K. Faulkner, County Counsel, Nancy S. Grisham, Deputy County Counsel; Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, Ellen J. Garber Counsel for Real Party in Interest and Appellant Redwood Landfill, Inc: Soluri Meserve, Osha R. Meserve, Patrick M. Soluri

    Case Number: No. A131651

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 3341 NO WETLANDS LANDFILL EXPANSION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. COUNTY OF M

  • Clapper v. Amnesty International USA

    Publication Date: 2013-02-26
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-26
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: No. 11-1025

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 2081JAMES

  • Steinhart v. Court of Los Angeles

    Publication Date: 2010-02-04
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-04
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terran T. Steinhart of Plaintiff and Appellant. Susan D. Blake and Thomas N. Hudson for State Board of Equalization Members Bill Leonard and Michelle Steel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Trevor A. Grimm, Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Stephen H. Bennett, in pro. per., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, and Richard E. Girgado, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, David S. Chaney, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Assistant Attorney General, Gordon Burns, Deputy State Solicitor General, and William L. Carter, Deputy Attorney General, for California State Board of Equalization as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Richard E. Winnie, County Counsel (Alameda), Claude R. Kolm, Deputy County Counsel; Robert A. Ryan, Jr., County Counsel (Sacramento) and Thomas R. Parker, Deputy County Counsel, for California State Association of Counties and California Assessor?s Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Deputy County Counsel, for Rick Auerbach, Los Angeles County Assessor, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Michael V. Strong, in pro. per., as Amicus Curiae.

    Case Number: No. S158007

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 1586LORRAINE STEINHART, Plaintiff and Appellant, v.COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Resp