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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* TSOMBANIDIS v. WEST HAVEN FIRE DEP'T
* IN RE AQUATIC DEV. GROUP, INC.
* BETHEA v. ROBERT J. ADAMS & ASSOC.
* PRIMECO PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. v. CITY OF MEQUON
* US. v. GUTIERREZ
* EARTHQUAKE SOUND CORP. v. BUMPER INDUS.
* CITY OF SANTA PAULA v. NARULA
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U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals
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TSOMBANIDIS v. WEST HAVEN FIRE DEP'T (12/15/03 -
No. 02-7171, 02-7470,
02-7449)
District court correctly found disparate impact, intentional
discrimination, and a failure to grant reasonable accommodation, in
violation of both the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the ADA, where the
City refused to classify a home for recovering alcoholics and drug
addicts as a single family household, or to grant it a special-use
exception.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/2nd/027171p.pdf
IN RE AQUATIC DEV. GROUP, INC. (12/17/03 - No.
02-5059)
The record does not support the Bankruptcy Court's conclusion that
debtor's delay in closing its bankruptcy case "resulted" from
circumstances sufficiently extraordinary to justify the rare and
powerful relief of retroactive closure. Granting a nunc pro tunc order,
which relieved the debtor of the obligation to pay statutory bankruptcy
trustee fees, was thus an abuse of discretion.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/2nd/025059p.pdf
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U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
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BETHEA v. ROBERT J. ADAMS & ASSOC. (12/17/03 - No.
03-1303)
Bankruptcy Code Section 329, which deals directly with attorney's
compensation, does not supersede section 727, the discharge provision.
Since attorney fees are not among the debts excepted from discharge by
section 523, debts to the attorney defendants were discharged.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/031303p.pdf
PRIMECO PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, L.P. v. CITY OF
MEQUON (12/18/03 - No.
03-1514, 03-1548)
Planning commission violated the Telecommunications Act section
332(c)(7)(B)(iii) by failing to support with "substantial evidence" its
decision to deny a permit to erect a cellphone antenna. 42 U.S.C.
section 1983 remedies are not available in suits to enforce rights
granted by the Telecommunications Act.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/031514p.pdf
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U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
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US. v. GUTIERREZ (12/18/03 - No. 02-3970)
When defendant's stand-by counsel was approached by defendant's
wife
about her participation as a witness, the attorney was permitted under
Minnesota Rule of Professional Conduct 4.3 to advise her that she should
seek her own counsel, and his actions in doing so did not violate
defendant's right to represent himself.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/8th/023970p.pdf
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U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
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EARTHQUAKE SOUND CORP. v. BUMPER INDUS. (12/16/03
- No. 00-16532,
01-15121)
In an infringement action between competing car audio manufacturers,
because this is an exceptional case under the terms of 15 U.S.C. section
1117(a), district court correctly awarded reasonable attorney fees to
plaintiff in its First Fee Order. Because defendant's subsequent motion
was frivolous and filed in bad faith, court correctly awarded additional
fees in its Second Fee Order.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0016532p.pdf
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CITY OF SANTA PAULA v. NARULA (12/17/03 - No.
B160389)
Defendants were properly ordered to pay reasonable attorney fees
incurred by city in foreclosing a lien on their real property.
Defendants' appeal is barred by res judicata and collateral estoppel.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://login.findlaw.com/scripts/callaw?dest=ca/caapp4th/slip/2003/b160389.html
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:[PDF File]
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/californiastatecases/b160389.pdf
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