| Selected sample of appellate briefs authored
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| Abelesz v. OTP Bank, 692 F.3d 638 (7th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellant's Jurisdictional Memorandum |
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| Appellant's Jurisdictional Reply |
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| Abelesz v. OTP Bank, 692 F.3d 638 (7th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Ackerley Communications v. City of Cambridge, 135 F.3d 210 (1st Cir. 1998)
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, No. 12-399 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Brief for Respondent Birth Father |
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| Agrium, Inc. v. Minn-Chem, Inc., Supreme Court No. 12-650 (U.S.) (pending)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Alexander v. Lewis, 133 S. Ct. 933 (2013)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| AmChem Prods., Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997)
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| Brief for Petitioners |
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| American Isuzu Motors, Inc. v. Ntsebeza, 553 U.S. 1028 (2008)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply brief |
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| American Trucking Ass'ns, Inc. v. Wisconsin, 556 N.W.2d 761 (Wis. Ct. App.), review denied, 560 N.W.2d 274 (1996)
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| Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants |
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| ANR Pipeline Company, et al. v. Louisiana Tax Commission, et al., 549 U.S. 822 (2006)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Asset Funding Group LLC v. Adams & Reese LLP, No. 09-30524 (5th Cir. Oct. 2, 2009)
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| Amicus Brief in Support of Neither Party |
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| Astrue v. Capato, 132 S. Ct. 2021 (2012)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Brief for the Respondent |
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| AT&T Mobility LLC v. Shorts, 129 S. Ct. 2826 (2009) (order)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners |
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| ATA v. Michigan Public Service Commission, 545 U.S. 429 (2005)
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| Brief for the petitioners |
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| Banco del Atlantico v. Alfred Max Stauder , 519 F.3d 350 (7th Cir. 2008)
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| Brief for Defendants-Appellees |
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| Bandi v. Becnel, 133 S. Ct. 845 (2013)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners |
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| BASF Corp. v. Peterson, 544 U.S. 1012 (2005)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| BASF Corp. v. Peterson, 549 U.S. 1047 (2006)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Bernacki v. Connecticut, (S. Ct. pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| BlackRock Financial Management Inc. v. Segregated Account of Ambac Assur. Corp., 673 F.3d 169 (2d Cir. 2012)
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| Petition for permission to appeal |
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| Reply in support of petition for permission to appeal |
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| Opening brief |
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| Reply brief |
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| Boeing Co. v. United States, 535 U.S. 1094 (2002)
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| Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners (cert stage) |
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| Brief for the Petitioners |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners (merits stage) |
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| Bond v. Atkinson, Nos. 11-3275 & 11-3559 (7th Cir.) (pending)
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| Plaintiff-Appellee's Answering Brief |
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| Brooks v. Vassar, 550 U.S. 934 (2007)
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| Cert Petition |
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| Buonora v. Coggins, 131 S. Ct. 995 (2011) (Mem.)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Butts v. Hall, No. 12-813 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Capato v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 10-2027 (3d Cir.) (pending)
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| Supplemental Reply Brief |
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| Carr v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2229 (2010)
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| Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Cassens Transp. Co. v. Brown, 130 S. Ct. 795 (2009) (order)
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| Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Cassens Transport Co. v. Brown, 2013 WL 1285322 (U.S.) (mem.)
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| Petition for A Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply in Support of Petition for A Writ of Certiorari |
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| Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis, 519 U.S. 61 (1996)
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| Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz, 541 U.S. 739 (2004)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Supplemental Brief for the Respondents |
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| Brief for the Respondents |
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| Chavez v. Nestlé USA, Inc., 2013 WL 857599 (9th Cir. 2013)
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| Answering Brief for Defendant-Appellee |
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| Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, 130 S.Ct. 2971 (2010)
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| Amicus Brief (merits) |
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| City of Hugo v. Buchanan, 132 S. Ct. 1744 (2012)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| City of Ontario v. Quon, 130 S.Ct. 2619 (2010)
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| Amicus Brief (merits) |
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| City of Reno v. Conn, 131 S. Ct. 1812 (2011)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Supplemental Brief of Respondents |
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| Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Cuccinelli v. Sebelius, 656 F.3d 253 (4th Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors |
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| Concrete Works of Colorado v. City of Denver, 540 U.S. 1027 (2003)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Conn v. City of Reno, 658 F.3d 897 (9th Cir. 2011)
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| Appellants' Supplemental Brief |
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| CSX Transportation, Inc. v. McBride, 131 S. Ct. 2630 (2011)
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner (Merits Stage) |
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| Dean v. United States of America, 516 U.S. 1184 (1996) (order)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff, 554 U.S. 918 (2008) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Depee v. Mahach-Watkins, 131 S. Ct. 898 (2011) (Mem.)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| DePierre v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2225 (2011)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief (cert. stage) |
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| Reply Brief (merits stage) |
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| DPWN Holdings (USA), Inc. v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 12-4867 (2d Cir.) (pending)
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| Opening Brief for Appellants |
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| DPWN Holdings v. United Airlines, No. 12-3192 (2d Cir. pending)
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| Petition for Interlocutory Appeal |
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| Reply in Support of Petition for Interlocutory Appeal |
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| Eastside Vend Distributors, Inc. v. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc., 913 A.2d 50 (2006)
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| Brief for Respondent |
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| Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Giannoulias, 129 S. Ct. 2764 (2009) (Mem.)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Faulkner v. United States, 132 S. Ct. 761 (2011) (Mem.)
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| Petition for certiorari |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Supplemental Brief |
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| Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, 129 S. Ct. 788 (2009)
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| Brief for Petitioners |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners |
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| Florida ex rel. Att'y Gen. v. US Dep't of Health and Human Servs., 648 F.3d 1235 (11th Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner, 516 U.S. 325 (1996)
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| Brief of Respondent |
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| George v. Edholm, 2010 WL 5135336 (9th Cir. Dec. 17, 2010)
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| Appellant's Replacement Brief |
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| Appellant's Reply Brief |
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| George v. Edholm, (9th Cir. No. 11-57075) (pending)
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| Opening brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America v. Garamendi, 400 F.3d 803 (9th Cir. 2005)
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| Opening Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Golphin v. Florida, 128 S. Ct. 40 (2007) (mem.) (order)
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| Cert Petition |
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| Reply Brief (cert stage) |
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| Gonzalez v. Arizona, 624 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir. 2010), aff'd on en banc rehearing, 677 F.3d 383 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Brief for Amici Curiae |
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| Harbison v. Bell, 556 U.S. 180 (2009)
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| Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief (merits) |
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| Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 2553 (2007)
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| Respondents' Brief |
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| Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez, 132 S. Ct. 2011 (2012)
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| Respondent Sawyers' Brief in Opposition |
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| Brief for Respondent Sawyers |
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| Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg, 512 U.S. 415 (1994)
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| Brief of Petitioners |
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| Horne v. Coughlin, 528 U.S. 1052 (1999) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, 517 F.3d 76; 517 F.3d 129 (2d Cir. 2008)
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| Appellee's Brief on the Government Contractor Defense |
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| Supplemental Brief for Defendants-Appellees |
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| Appellee's Brief on Removal |
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| Brief in Opposition (Government Contractor Defense) |
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| Brief in Opposition (Removal) |
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| In re: Potash Antitrust Litigation (II), No. 10-8007 (7th Cir. 2010) (petition granted in an unpublished order)
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| Petition for Interlocutory Appeal |
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| Reply in support of Petition for Interlocutory Appeal |
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| Jackson v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 10-1453 (6th Cir.)
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| Amicus brief |
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| Jogi v. Voges, 425 F.3d 367 (7th Cir. 2005)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Keith v. Koerner, 707 F.3d 1185 (10th Cir. 2013)
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| Plaintiff-Appellee's Answering Brief |
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| Kiehle v. County of Cortland, No. 12-607 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Kinder v. Geithner, 695 F.3d 772 (8th Cir. 2012)
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| Amicus Curiae Brief of Constitutional Law Professors |
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| Kircher v. Putnam Trust Funds, 126 S.Ct. 2145 (2006)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Liberty Univ., Inc. v. Geithner, 671 F.3d 391 (4th Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors |
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| Los Angeles County v. Humphries, 131 S Ct. 447 (2010)
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| Brief for Respondents |
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| Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)
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| Brief for Petitioners |
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| Petitioners' Reply Brief |
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| Merrifield v. County Board of Commissioners, 132 S. Ct. 1991 (2012) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit, 126 S. Ct. 1503 (2006)
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| Amicus brief |
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| Metropolitan Transp. Auth. v. New York Magazine, 525 U.S. 824 (1998) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Minn-Chem, Inc. v. Agrium Inc., 657 F.3d 650 (7th Cir. 2011), on rehearing en banc, 683 F.3d 84 (7th Cir. 2012)
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| Brief for Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| Answer to Petition for Rehearing En Banc |
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| Supplemental Brief for Appellants |
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| Movsesian v. Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft A.G. , 670 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Petition for Rehearing En Banc |
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| Negusie v. Mukasey, 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
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| Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief (merits) |
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| Nielson v. Ketchum, 2012 WL 1810350 (S. Ct. 2012) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Ninestar Technology Co., Ltd. v. International Trade Commission , No. 12-552 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners |
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| Supplemental Brief for Petitioners |
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| NML Capital, Ltd. v. Republic of Argentina, No. 12-105 (2d Cir.) (pending)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Norfolk Ry. Co. v. Shanklin, 529 U.S. 344 (2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Chickasaw Nation, 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
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| Brief of Petitioner |
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| Olson v. Halvorsen, 986 A.2d 1150 (Del. 2009)
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| Answering Brief of Appellees |
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| Palisades Collections LLC v. Shorts, 552 F.3d 327 (4th Cir. 2008)
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| Petition for Permission to Appeal |
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| Petitioners' Brief on the Merits |
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| Petitioners' Reply Brief on the Merits |
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| Petition for Rehearing En Banc |
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| Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, 129 S. Ct. 2277 (2009)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner (cert.stage) |
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| Brief for the petitioner |
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| Reply brief for the petitioner (merits stage) |
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| Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Cent. Pension Fund, No. 12-992 (U.S.) (pending)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prods., Inc., 530 U.S. 133 (2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel, 553 U.S. 851 (2008)
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| Petition for certiorari |
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| Reply Brief (cert. stage) |
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| Brief for the Petitioners |
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| Reply Brief (merits stage) |
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| Retirement Board v. The Bank of New York Mellon, No. 13-664 (2d Cir.) (pending)
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| Petition for Permission for Leave to File Interlocutory Appeal |
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| Reply in Support of Petition |
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| Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. Wilhite, 143 S.W. 3d 604 (Ky. Ct. App. 2003)
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| Brief for Appellant |
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| Ruiz-Turcios v. Attorney General, (11th Cir. No. 12-11503) (pending)
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| Petition for Rehearing En Banc |
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| Salem v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 1000 (2012) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Schafer v. Astrue, No. 10-1500 (4th Cir. 2011)
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| Petition for rehearing en banc |
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| Schafer v. Astrue, 132 S. Ct. 2680 (2012) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Schriro v. Landrigan, 550 U.S. 465 (2007)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Seven-Sky v. Holder, 661 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Curiae Brief of Constitutional Law Professors |
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| Shaver v. Siemens Corp., 670 F.3d 462 (3d Cir. 2012)
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| Petition for Interlocutory Review |
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| First-step brief |
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| Third-step brief |
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| Smith v. Colson, No. 12-390 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| Sole v. Wyner, 551 U.S. 74 (2007)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Sprague v. General Motors Corp., 133 F.3d 388 (6th Cir.), cert denied, 524 U.S. 923 (1998)
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| Opening Brief of Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant |
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| Reply Brief for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant |
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| State of Arizona v. United States, S. Ct. No. 11-182 (pending)
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| Amicus Brief (merits) |
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| Stoneridge Investment Partners LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 761 (2008)
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| Brief for the respondents |
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| Suquamish Indian Tribe v. Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, 131 S. Ct. 414 (2010) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| Swezey v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 87 A.D.3d 119 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dept. 2011)
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| Opening Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Opposition to motion for leave to appeal |
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| Swezey v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 19 N.Y.3d 543, 973 N.E.2d 703 (N.Y. 2012)
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| Answering brief |
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| Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann, No. 11-889 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| Supplemental Brief for Petitioner |
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner (merits) |
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| The State of Arizona, et al. v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., et al., No. 12-71
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| Amicus Brief in Support of Respondent |
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| Thomas More Law Center v. Obama, 651 F.3d 529 (6th Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors |
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| Thomas v. State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, 131 S. Ct. 3062 (Mem.)
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| Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Ray Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| United States v. Faulkner , 636 F.3d 1009 (8th Cir. 2011)
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| Petition for Rehearing En Banc |
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| United States v. Jeffries, No. 12-1185 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| United States v. Jones, 132 S. Ct. 945 (2012)
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| Amicus Brief (merits) |
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| United States v. Locke, 529 U.S. 89 (2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| United States v. Rodriquez, 128 S. Ct. 1783 (2008)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Brief for the Respondent |
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| UNUM Life Ins. Co. v. Ward, 526 U.S. 358 (1999)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Volvo Cars Of North America, LLC v. United States, 571 F.3d 373 (4th Cir. 2009)
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| Appellants' Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Schmitt, 546 U.S. 303 (2006)
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| Brief for the petitioner |
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| Reply brief |
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| Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1069 (2007)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief (cert. stage) |
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| Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief (merits stage) |
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| Williams v. California Dept. of Corrections & Rehab., 2012 WL 690271 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Wilson v. Flaherty, No. 12-986 (S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Yang v. Holder, 132 S. Ct. 2772 (2012) (Mem.)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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