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10 A.3d 1123 (2010) James TIPPETT, Trustee for the Revocable Trust of James Tippett, Appellant, v. Gregory DALY, Appellee. No. 06-CV-1327. District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Argued En Banc November 10, 2009. Decided December 30, 2010. *1124 Morris R. Battino, Washington, DC, for appellant. Carol S. Blu

328 F.3d 466 Michael A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.U.S. CONGRESS; United States of America; George W. Bush,* President of the United States; State of California; Elk Grove Unified School District; David W. Gordon, Superintendent EGUSD; Sacramento City Unified School District; Jim Sweeney, Superintendent SCUSD, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-16423.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge, with whom MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, THOMAS, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, join, dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc. The recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance by school children presents a constitutional question of exceptional importance that merits reconsideration by the en banc court. See Fed. R.App. P. 35(a)(2) (en banc hearing appropriate

Appointments to the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution Presidential appointm ent o f the C hief Justice o f the United States to the Commission on the Bicentennial o f the Constitution is consistent with the Appointments Clause, art. II, § 2, cl. 2, and, as applied to the unique circum stances of this Com mission, with general separation of pow ers principles. In addition, participation o f the Chief Justice on the Com mission wou

STARR, Circuit Judge, concurring in the judgment and concurring in part: I concur in the judgment to remand to the District Court for its reassessment of the privacy interest-public interest balance. I also concur in all of the court’s opinion save for section II B. For the reasons that follow, I believe the public-interest analysis contained in that section is flawed.1 Specific

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2006-5087 JULIE AMBER-MESSICK, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Kangas, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. Fra

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge SCHALL. Circuit Judge NEWMAN dissents. SCHALL, Circuit Judge. Julie Amber-Messick is the mother of Christopher Kangas, who was a. fourteen-year old “apprentice firefighter” with the Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, Volunteer Fire Department (“Brookhaven Fire Department”). Following her son’s death in a traffic accident, Mrs. Amber-Messick submitted a claim to the Depa

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT IN RE: THE THIRTY-FIVE STATEWIDE : No. 175 MM 2014 INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY : : : PETITION OF: ATTORNEY GENERAL : KATHLEEN G. KANE : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day o

93 F.3d 1212 143 A.L.R. Fed. 779, 65 USLW 2166,111 Ed. Law Rep. 1126 Jack W. DALY; Vynone D. Williams; Kerry P. Humphrey;Aileen B. Lockhart; Mark E. Courtney; James W.Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.James B. HUNT, Jr., as Governor of the State of NorthCarolina; Dennis A. Wicker, as President of the NorthCarolina State Senate and as Lieutenant Governor; Harold J.Brubaker, as Speaker of

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge CHAPMAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Senior Judge CLARKE concurred. OPINION CHAPMAN, Senior Judge: This action involves a challenge to the apportionment1 of the electoral districts for the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Plaintiffs

2017 WI 52 SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN CASE NO.: 2015AP491 COMPLETE TITLE: AllEnergy Corporation and AllEnergy Silica, Arcadia, LLC, Petitioners-Appellants-Petitioners, v. Trempealeau County Environment & Land Use Committee,

Constitutionality of the Qui Tam Provisions of the False Claims Act Qui tam suits brought by private parties to enforce the claims of the United States violate the Appointments Clause of the Constitution because qui tam relators are “Officers of the United States” but are not appointed in accordance with the requirements of the Appointments Clause. Private qui tam actions violate the doctrine of Article III standing because the relator has suffered no p

268 F.3d 103 (2nd Cir. 2001) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,v.R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO HOLDINGS, INC., R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL, INC., RJR-MACDONALD, INC., R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, PUERTO RICO, NORTHERN BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND CANADIAN TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS COUNCIL, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. Docket No. 00-7972Spring Term, 2001

DISSENTING OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING CORNYN, Justice, dissenting. [Filed March 30, 1994] The dissenting opinion of September 15, 1993, 36 Tex.Sup.Ct.J. 1277, is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place. Respectfully, I dissent. Aware of the monumental social crisis posed by broken families in our state and nation, the legislature cou

FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 23 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF WASHINGTON; STATE OF No. 25-807 ARIZONA; STATE OF ILLINOIS; STATE D.C. No. OF OREGON; DELMY FRANCO

350 F.3d 932 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California corporation; PG & E Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.People of the State of CALIFORNIA, ex. rel. CALIFORNIA DEPT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Bo

Constitutionality of Closing the Palestine Information Office, an Affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization The federal governm ent may, w ithout violating the First Amendment or the Bill o f Attainder C lause o f the Constitution, order the Palestine Inform ation Office in W ashington to close. The political branches have broad authority to control the flow o f funds into the United States, and m ay prevent all commerce betw een foreign and dom estic entities, or cut off the

Justice ERICKSON delivered the Opinion of the Court. This original proceeding under article V, section 48(l)(e), of the Colorado Constitution requires us to review the Final Plan submitted by the Colorado Reapportionment Commission (Final Plan) and determine whether the plan complies with sections 46 and 47 of article V.1 A number of *18

ERVIN, Circuit Judge: This is an appeal from an order awarding attorney’s fees to the plaintiff in a § 1983 police brutality case, 589 F.Supp. 341 (W.D. N.C.1984). George Daly and Nicholas Street brought this action on behalf of Margaret Suzanne Starnes against Gaston County police officers and Gaston County, North Carolina. Starnes agreed to pay her attorneys a 25% contingency fee. The case settled before trial, resulting i

Syllabus by the Court 1. This court has jurisdiction to hear an order awarding attorney fees and expenses pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 3.764 , subd. 2. 2. Minn.Stat. §§ 3.761 -.764 does not authorize an employer to recover attorney fees on behalf of an employee. OPINION This is an appeal from the order of an administrative law judge awarding at