Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv
Publication Date: 2013-05-03Practice Area:Torts
Industry:Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second CircuitJudge: Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.Attorneys:For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Steven J. Phillips, Stanley J. Levy, Jerome H. Block, Amber R. Long, Lisa W. Davis, Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, New York, New York, on the Brief, Victoria E. Phillips, New York, N.Y.For defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: John H. Beisner, Jessica D. Miller, Geoffrey M. Wyatt, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Long, John K. Sherk, III, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Missouri; Tammy B. Webb, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, San Francisco, California, on the Brief, Sheila Birnbaum, New York, N.Y.Case number: 11-0316-cv
Cite as: Caronia v. Philip Morris USA, 11-0316-cv, NYLJ 1202598460698, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided May 1, 2013)Before: Kearse, Lohier, and Droney, C.JJ.p
Maxwell v. County of San Diego
Publication Date: 2012-09-13Practice Area:Civil Rights
Industry:Court: 9th Cir.Judge: John A. Houston, District Judge, Presiding Before: Jerome Farris, Richard R. Clifton, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.Attorneys:For plaintiff: Daniel M. Benjamin, Ballard Spahr LLP, San Diego, California, and Todd Thibodo, Law Offices of Todd Thibodo, Encino, California, for plaintiffs-appellees/plaintiffs-appellants Jim Maxwell and Kay Maxwell.For defendant: Morris G. Hill, Senior Deputy, San Diego County Counsel, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellants Gregory Reynolds, Anthony Salazar, Michael Knobbe, Jeffrey Jackson, Warren Voth, Gary Kneeshaw, William Reilly, and Leonard Rodriguez.
Phillip C. Samouris, John M. Morris, and Victoria E. Fuller, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP, San Diego, California, for defendants-appellees Viejas Fire Department, Bradley Avi, and Jeremy Felber.Case number: No. 10-56671 No. 10-56706
Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 10631
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In re Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation
Publication Date: 2013-04-11Practice Area:Energy and Natural Resources
Industry:Court: 9th Cir.Judge: Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Before: Carlos T. Bea and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Willliam K. Sessions, District Judge.*Attorneys:For plaintiff: Jennifer Gille Bacon (argued), William E. Quirk, and Gregory M. Bentz, Polsinelli Shughart PC, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellants Learjet, Inc., et al., Heartland Regional Medical Center, et al., Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado, LLC, et al., Reorganized FLI, Inc., and Sinclair Oil Corporation.
Robert L. Gegios, Alexander T. Pendleton, and William E. Fischer, Kohner, Mann & Kailas, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Mark E. Haddad (argued), Michelle B. Goodman, and Nitin Reddy, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees CMS Energy Corp., CMS Energy Resources Management Co., and Cantera Gas Company.For defendant: Michael J. Kass and Douglas R. Tribble, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees Dynegy Marketing & Trade, Dynegy Illinois, Inc., DMT G.P. L.L.C., and Dynegy GP Inc.
Joshua D. Lichtman, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, California, and Roxanna A. Manuel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Coral Energy Resources, L.P.
Joel B. Kleinman, Adam Proujanski, and Lisa M. Kaas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C., for DefendantsAppellees Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
Robert B. Wolinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., and Steven J. Routh, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees American Electric Power Company, Inc. and AEP Energy Services, Inc.
Brent A. Benoit and Stacy Williams, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendants-Appellees El Paso Corporation, El Paso Merchant Energy, L.P., and El Paso Marketing, L.P.
Amelia A. Fogleman, Oliver S. Howard, and Craig A. Fitzgerald, Gable Gotwals, A Professional Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees ONEOK, Inc., ONEOK Energy Services Company L.P.
J. Gregory Copeland and Mark R. Robeck, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas, for Defendant-Appellee Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Sarah Jane Gillett, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellees The Williams Companies, Inc., Williams Merchant Services Company, Inc., Williams Power Company, Inc., and Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Company.
Michael John Miguel, K & L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Xcel Energy, Inc., e prime, inc., e prime Energy Marketing, Inc., and Northern States Power Company.Case number: No. 11-16786, No. 11-16798, No. 11-16799, No. 11-16802, No. 11-16818, No. 11-16821, No. 11-16869, No. 11-16876, No. 11-16880
Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 3875IN RE: WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST LITIGATION,LEARJET, INC.; TOPEKA UNIFIED S
Gila River Indian Community v. United States
Publication Date: 2012-09-11Practice Area:government
Industry:Court: 9th Cir.Judge: Before: M. Margaret McKeown, N. Randy Smith, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen,* Circuit Judges
Opinion by Judge McKeown; Dissent by Judge N.R. Smith
*The Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen was a District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sitting by designation at the time of argument and submission.Attorneys:For plaintiff: Patricia A. Millet, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant Gila River Indian Community; Catherine E. Stetson, Hogan Lovells, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant City of Glendale; David R. Cole, Dep. State Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Arizona, for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant State of Arizona.For defendant: Aaron P. Avila, Dep't of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees the United States of America, et. al.; Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor-appellee the Tohono O'Odham Nation.Case number: