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- Celotex
Corp. v. Edwards
(U.S. Supreme Court), drafted
merits briefs for petitioner
Celotex Corp. seeking reversal
of a ruling of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
that permitted two asbestos
personal injury claimants
to execute on a supersedeas
bond despite an order of the
bankruptcy court presiding
over Celotex's bankruptcy
case prohibiting execution
on such bonds. If the Supreme
Court did not reverse the
judgment, approximately $70
million worth of Celotex's
supersedeas bonds posted in
various courts throughout
the nation would have been
rendered vulnerable to execution.
Result: Judgment
reversed.
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- National
Private Truck Council, Inc.
v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
(U.S. Supreme Court), drafted
merits-stage brief on behalf
of amici curiae Boyertown
(Pa.) Area School District,
et al., seeking affirmance
of a ruling of the Oklahoma
Supreme Court holding that
state courts need not entertain
challenges to state or local
taxation brought under the
federal Civil Rights Act,
42 U.S.C. §1983, where
existing state law remedies
are plain, adequate and complete.
Result: Judgment
affirmed.
- Cohen
v. De La Cruz (U.S.
Supreme Court), co-author
of petition for writ of certiorari
that the Supreme Court granted
to decide whether punitive
damages awarded on account
of fraud were subject to discharge
in bankruptcy.
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