| Selected sample of appellate briefs authored
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| Ackerley v. Lambert, 528 U.S. 1116 (2000) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Anderson v. General Motors Corp., No. B135147 (Cal. Ct. App.) (settled)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740 (2011)
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| Reply Brief (merits stage) |
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| Reply Brief for Petitioners (cert stage) |
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| Babbitt v. Philips Petroleum Co., 514 U.S. 1092 (1995) (order)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Beevers v. Blue Shield of Calif. Life & Insurance Co., No. A125824 (Cal. Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2010)
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| Respondent's Brief |
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| Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court , 273 P.3d 513 (Cal. 2012)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Brokerage Concepts Inc. v. U.S. Healthcare Inc., 140 F.3d 494 (3d Cir. 1988), judgment aff'd, 251 F.3d 153 (2000)
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| Opening Brief for Defendants/ Appellants/Cross-Appellees |
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| Buell-Wilson v. Ford Motor Co., 73 Cal. Rptr. 3d 277 (Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2008)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Buell-Wilson v. Ford Motor Co., 46 Cal. Rptr. 3d 147 (Ct. App. 4th Dist. 2006)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| California Dental Ass'n v. FTC, 526 U.S. 756 (1999)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Campbell v. Pac. Bell Wireless LLC (In re Cingular Cases), 2007 WL 93229 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 16, 2007)
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| Brief for the Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for the Appellants |
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| Cappuccitti v. DirecTV Inc., 623 F.3d 1118 (11th Cir. 2010)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v. America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V., 76 A.D.3d 310 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)
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| Brief for Defendants-Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Defendants-Appellants |
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| Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v. America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V., 952 N.E.2d 995 (N.Y. 2011)
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| Brief for Defendants-Respondents |
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| Cervantes v. Pacific Bell Wireless, Inc., No. 05-1469, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89198 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 8, 2006)
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| Brief for Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| Chapman v. UnumProvident Corp., No. A102699 (Cal. Ct. App.) (settled)
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| Appellants' Brief |
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| Appellants' Reply Brief and Cross-Respondents' Brief |
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| Chavez v. Blue Sky Natural Beverage Co., No. 10-80135 (9th Cir. 2010) (order)
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| Rule 23(f) petition |
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| Reply brief |
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| Cingular Wireless, LLC v. Mendoza, 547 U.S. 1188 (2006)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp., 362 U.S. App. D.C. 152 (2004)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Cullen v. Pinholster, 131 S. Ct. 1388 (2011)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Davenport v. Washington Education Association, 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
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| Amicus brief |
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| Discover Bank v. Superior Court, 36 Cal. 4th 148 (2005)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Edwards Lifesciences AG v. CoreValve, Inc., 699 F.3d 1305 (Fed. Cir. 2012)
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| Appellants' Opening Brief |
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| Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinozoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 535 U.S. 722 (2002)
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards, 132 S. Ct. 2536 (2012)
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| Amicus Brief (merits) |
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| Ford v. Verisign, Inc., 252 F. App'x 781 (9th Cir. 2007)
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| Brief for Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| Freedom Wireless, Inc. v. Boston Communications Group, Inc., 206 F. App'x 973 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (settled)
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| Brief for Appellants |
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| Gentry v. Superior Court, 64 Cal. Rptr. 3d 773 (Ct. App./App. Dep't Super. Ct. 2007)
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| Amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Industry Leaders Association |
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| Harvey v. KAG West, LLC, No. 10-17360 (9th Cir.)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| In re Episcopal Church Cases, 67 Cal. Rptr. 3d 170 (Ct. App./App. Dep't Super. Ct. 2007)
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| Amicus brief on behalf of Presbyterian Lay Committee |
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| Intel Corp. v. ULSI Sys. Tech., Inc., 510 U.S. 1092 (1994) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Johnson v. Ford Motor Co., 113 P.3d 82 (Cal. S. Ct. 2005)
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| Amicus brief |
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| Jones v. United States, 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
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| Brief for Petitioner |
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Supplemental Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Kaltwasser v. Cingular Wireless LLC, 350 Fed. Appx. 108 (9th Cir. 2009)
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Appellant's reply brief |
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| Kilgore v. KeyBank, N.A., No. 09-16703 (9th Cir.) (en banc) (pending)
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| Amicus Brief (en banc) |
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| Kingston Constructors v. WMATA, 928 P.2d 581 (Cal.), cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1274 (1997)
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| Answer Brief |
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| Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings v. Metabolite Labs., Inc.,, 126 S. Ct. 2921 (2006)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Lane v. Hughes Aircraft Co., 993 P.2d 388 (Cal.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 928 (2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Laster v. AT&T Mobility LLC, , 584 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. granted, 130 S.Ct. 3322 (2010)
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| Appellant's opening brief |
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| Appellant's reply brief |
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| Laster v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 252 F. App'x 777 (9th Cir. 2007)
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| Brief for Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| Lee v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc., 2006 WL 1452936 (Cal. Ct. App. May 26, 2006)
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| Brief for the Cross-Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for the Cross-Appellants |
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| Brief for the Respondents |
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| Leeper-Johnson v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 2009 WL 1318692 (Cal. Ct. App. May 13, 2009)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Local Search Ass'n v. City and County of San Francisco, 475 F. App'x 247 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Appellant's Reply Brief |
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| Lockheed Martin IMS Corp. v. Superior Court, 2002 WL 99554 (Cal. Ct. App.-3d/Cal. App. Dep't Super. Ct.-3d Jan. 25, 2002)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Lough v. Brunswick Corporation, 522 U.S. 806 (1997) (order)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Marchon Eyewear, Inc. v. Tura LP, 522 U.S. 1109 (1998) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., 666 F.3d 581 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Appellant's Reply Brief |
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| Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., No. 09-80000 (9th Cir.)
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| Rule 23(f) petition |
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| McArdle v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 474 F. App’x 515 (9th Cir. 2012)
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| Appellants’ Opening Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Merritt v. Cingular Wireless LLC, 2006 WL 2744357 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 27, 2006)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Microsoft Corp. v. United States, 530 U.S. 1301 (2000), cert. denied, 122 S.Ct. 350 (2001) (order)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Milton Hambrice, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 114 F.3d 722 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 968 (1997)
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| Brief for the Appellant |
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| Morgan v. AT&T Wireless Services, No. B241242 (Cal. Ct. App.) (pending)
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| Respondent's Brief |
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| Mungin v. Katten Muchin & Zavis, 116 F.3d 1549 (D.C. Cir. 1997)
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| Brief for the Appellant |
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| NAACP v. Golding, 679 A.2d 554 (Md. 1996)
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| Brief for the Appellants |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| NCAA v. Law, 525 U.S. 822 (1998) (order)
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| Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc., 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Oey v. The Freecycle Network, Inc., 505 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2007)
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| Brief for the Appellants |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Parrish v. Cingular Wireless LLC , 129 Cal. App. 4th 601 (2005)
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| Appellants' Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Petrulis v. Prudential Ins. Co., 2007 WL 1990383 (Cal. Ct. App.-2d/Cal. App. Dep't Super. Ct.-2d July 11, 2007)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Randolph v. AT&T Wireless Servs., Inc., No. A112342 (Cal. Ct. App.)
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| Brief of the Appellants |
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| Rel v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. A135020 (Cal. Ct. App.) (pending)
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| Opening Brief |
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| Rel v. AT&T Mobility LLC, No. S206897 (Cal. S. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for Review |
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| Answer to Petition for Review |
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| Rel v. Cingular Wireless LLC, No. A112893 (Cal. Ct. App.)
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| Brief of the Appellant |
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| Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010)
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| Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner |
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| Riggs v. Fairman, 399 F.3d 1179, reh'g granted, 430 F.3d 1222 (9th Cir. 2005) (voluntarily dismissed)
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| Petition for rehearing en banc |
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| Sanchez v. Valencia Holding Company, LLC, S199119 (Cal.) (pending)
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| Amicus brief |
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| Schwarzenegger v. Entm't Merchants Ass'n, 131 S. Ct. 2729 (2011)
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| Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents (merits stage) |
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| Simon v. San Paolo U.S. Holding Co., 113 P.3d 63 (Cal. S. Ct. 2005)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Sonic-Calabasas A, Inc. v. Moreno, No. S174475 (Cal.) (pending)
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| Amicus brief in support of petitioner |
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| St. John-Parisian v. Foster Poultry Farms Inc., No. S197134 (Cal. Nov. 16, 2011)
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| Petition for Review |
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| Reply Brief |
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| State Oil Co. v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3 (1997)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Stiener v. Apple Computer, Inc., No. 08-15612 (9th Cir.)
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| Appellant's opening brief |
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| Sullivan v. Florida, and Graham v. Florida, 130 S. Ct. 2011 (2010)
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| Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners |
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| Toyota Motor Corporation v. Choi, No. 12-1230 (U.S.) (pending)
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| Amicus brief (cert stage) |
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| VLIW Technology, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 840 A.2d 606 (Del. 2003)
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Appellant's Reply Brief |
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| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541 (2011)
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| Merits-stage amicus brief |
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| Williamson v. Mazda Motor Corp., 2007 WL 1793773 (Tex. App.-Beaumont June 21, 2007)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Xilinx, Inc. v. Commissioner, 567 F.3d 482 (9th Cir. 2009), superseded, 598 F.3d 1191 (9th Cir. 2010)
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| Amicus Brief in support of petition for rehearing |
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